Legal Opinion
Valerie Boruski v. The United States of America, Merck, Sharp and Dohme Company, and the City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 10, 1986No. 85-2847PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on all four counts of plaintiff's complaint alleging personal injury resulting from a vaccination she received as part of a flu immunization program in which all three defendants, the United States, the City of Chicago (“the City”), and Merck, Sharp and Dohme Company (“Merck”) (the manufacturer of the vaccine), had some part. Plaintiff appeals claiming the district court ignored genuine issues of material fact and certain of plaintiff’s alleged theories.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
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