Legal Opinion
Lora E. Loge and Roger S. Loge v. United States of America and Unknown Employees of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1981No. 80-1886PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
Lora Loge contracted paralytic polio after her infant son was inoculated with a trivalent, live, oral poliovirus vaccine trade named Orimune. She and her husband sued the United States and unknown em ployees of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1 (HEW) under the Federal Tort Claims Act 2 (FTCA) and the Constitution alleging liability based on negligent and willful acts and omissions committed in the regulating, testing, and licensing of Orimune. The government moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to…
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