Legal Opinion
Stephen G. Conafay, an Infant, by His Father and Next Friend Stephen R. Conafay v. Wyeth Laboratories, a Division of American Home Products Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 17, 1986No. 85-5615PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge:
Stephen R. Conafay and his infant son, Stephen G. Conafay (“Casey”), filed suit in federal district court in March 1983, alleging that Casey had been injured as a result of his vaccination with a diptheria-tetanus-pertussis (“DTP”) vaccine manufactured by Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation. Following the filing of Wyeth’s answer and some discovery, including the deposition in September 1983 of Dr. Beale Ong who prescribed the vaccine and supervised its administration to Casey, appellants in November 1983 moved to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- American Cyanamid Company v. Robert A. McGheeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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