BLACKMON v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

No. CIV.A. G-02-179.

346 F.Supp.2d 907 (2004)

Jay BLACKMON and Kendel Blackmon, Individually and as Next Friends of Todd Christopher Blackmon et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

October 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Burnett, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, Lauren S. Elliot, Richard W. Mark, Daniel J. Thomasch, Orrick Herrington, New York City, for American Home Products.

John R. Gilbert, Gilbert & Moore, PLLC, Angleton, TX, for Dow Chemical Co.

Andrew S. Hanen, Brownsville, TX, Michael R. Klatt, Clark Thomas and Winters, Austin, TX, Stephen Robert Lewis, Jr., Lewis & Williams, Galveston, TX, for Wyeth.

Richard L. Josephson, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, for Merck & Co., Inc.

Raymond G. Kolts, Dean & Kolts, Coeur d'Alene, ID, David Michael MacDonald, McCauley MacDonald & Devin, Dallas, TX, for Sigma Aldrich Inc.

Jeffery A. Kruse, Deborah A. Moeller, Andrew See, Shook Hardy, Kansas City, MO, Erik V. Larson, Preis Kraft and Roy, Houston, TX, Diana L. Panian, Gardere Wynne, Houston, TX, Sandra Lynn Phillips, Baker Hostetler, LLP, Houston, TX, Douglas W. Poole, McLeod Alexander, Galveston, TX, for Eli Lilly Co.

Barclay A. Manley, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Glaxosmithkline.

Tanja Karin Martini, Hermes Sargeant, Dallas, TX, Peter Anderson Moir, Quilling Selander, Dallas, TX, C. Andrew Waters, Walter & Kraus, Dallas, TX, for Brandon Hilton Kuehn.

John Wesley Raley, III, John A. Scully, Cooper & Scully, Houston, TX, for Spectrum Chemical Manufacturing.

Rebecca Jo Reser, Davidson & Trolilo, San Antonio, TX, Russell 0. Stewart, Jeanne E. Walker, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, for Aventis Pasteur, Inc.

John Martin Ribarits, Preis Kraft, Houston, TX, for GDL International, Inc.

Marc A. Sheiness, Sheiness Scott, Houston, TX, for EM Industries, Inc.

Martin Jonathan Siegel, Watts Law Firm, LLP, Houston, TX, for Alan R. Strauss.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT ELI LILLY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KENT, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of injuries sustained by Todd Blackmon, Brandon Kuehn, and Colby Scott ("Minor Plaintiffs") allegedly resulting from mercury contained in childhood vaccines. Minor Plaintiffs and their parents (collectively, "Plaintiffs") allege that Defendant Eli Lilly ("Lilly"), the original designer of a mercury-containing vaccine preservative called thimerosal...

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