Adleson v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SCHWARZER, District Judge.

I. Background of the Case

This action is one of many claiming damages for injuries arising out of the federal government’s attempt in 1976 to inoculate the larger part of the adult American population against a threatened epidemic of swine flu (A/New Jersey/1976 influenza). Although the epidemic did not materialize, over forty-eight million persons were vaccinated after the immunization program commenced in October, 1976, and a certain number of vaccinees suffered illness or death in the period immediately…