Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Pfizer Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2008No. 06-40703UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Sarita I. Garcia (“Garcia”) brought this action against Defendants Pfizer, Inc., Wyeth, Wyeth Holdings Corp., and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. alleging that she received a dose of oral polio vaccine manufactured by Defendants that was contaminated with simian virus 40 (“SV40”), and that the ingestion of the vaccine caused her to develop meningioma. The district court granted summary judgment to Defendants on the basis that Garcia was unable to adequately identify which Defendant manufactured the vaccine that she received. Garcia appeals this decision, as well as the district…
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