Stanton v. Merck & Co. (In re Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Prods. Liab. Litig.)

Plaintiffs Norma Stanton and Sandra Morris, in separate actions, have sued defendants Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (both defendants hereinafter "Merck") and McKesson Corp. for personal injuries arising from their inoculation with Merck's drug Zostavax for the prevention of shingles. Both actions, in which plaintiffs are represented by the same attorney, were originally filed in the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit for Hillsborough County, Florida and timely removed based on diversity of citizenship to the United States District Court for the Middle District of…