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"State court rules vaccine suit can proceed"

"State court rules vaccine suit can proceed": Today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, By Bill Rankin has an article that begins, "An Atlanta couple's lawsuit against vaccine manufacturers can go to trial on claims a childhood vaccine caused neurological damage to their young son, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a landmark decision, the state high court unanimously ruled that Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari's lawsuit is not barred by the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act. The court upheld a prior decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals, which was the first appellate court in the nation to make such a ruling."

You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).