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: Bodily Injury BlogJury Awards Damages Over Polio Vaccine
By Edward Bills
A New York jury has ordered pharmaceutical company Lederle Laboratories to pay $22.5 million to a man who contracted polio while changing the diaper of his recently vaccinated daughter almost 30 years ago. According to the lawsuit, originally filed in 1981, Lederle was negligent in the manufacture of the vaccine and failed to warn doctors about potential risks. The man ultimately suffered complete paralysis as a result of the disease.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).
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