Legal Opinion
Jones by Jones v. Lederle Laboratories
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1988No. 85 CV 949PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This is a products liability action based on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). The defendant moves for summary judgment to dismiss the Complaint. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(b). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.
FACTS
Defendant, Lederle Laboratories (“Lederle”), is a division of American Cyanamid Company. Lederle manufactures Tri-Immunol, a diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (“DTP”) vaccine. The Complaint alleges that the plaintiff, Melissa Jones, was administered this vaccine at the age of two-…
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