Legal Opinion
In Re Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Products Liability Litigation
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 20, 1991No. MDL 780PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
This is the third in a series of opinions in this multidistrict litigation. 1 On July 12, 1990, I issued an opinion ruling upon summary judgment motions relating to the Government’s “discretionary function” defense. In re Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Products Liability Litigation, 743 F.Supp. 410 (D.Md.1990). On April 18,1991, after a fifteen-day trial, I issued a second opinion finding that the Division of Biologic Standards (“DBS”) violated the oral polio vaccine (“OPV”) regulations in certain respects and that the United States would be liable under the Federal Tort…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Hauch v. ConnorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- In Re Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Products Liability LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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