Legal Opinion
Alvarez v. United States
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided July 31, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 78-F-1128PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, District Judge:
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
On October 28, 1976, plaintiff Jennie Alvarez, age sixty-three and a resident of a small farming community near Greeley, Colorado, received a swine flu vaccination administered pursuant to the National Influenza Immunization Program of 1976. The program was designed to inoculate the country’s adult population against the threat of a swine flu epidemic. Plaintiff became seriously ill in late May, 1977-seven months after her swine flu vaccination. She was hospitalized and diagnosed as having a…
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