Personal Injury Law

Vaccine Case to Go Before Supreme Court in Fall

By Edward Bills

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case filed by a Pennsylvania family who has filed a lawsuit against vaccine maker Wyeth, claiming the vaccines their daughter received at the age of 6 months caused permanent neurological damage. Hannah Bruesewitz suffers from sever seizures and needs 100 percent care. Last year, a Philadelphia court ruled against the Bruesewitzes, saying that drug makers cannot be sued over injuries unavoidable if the vaccine was made properly. The family will argue to the Supreme Court that Wyeth could have manufactured a safer vaccine but failed to do so in a timely manner. The case will be heard this fall.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).