Legal Opinion
Marie and Donald Ducharme v. Merrill-National Laboratories, and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1978No. 77-3488PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
We affirm the judgment below on the basis of the district court’s memorandum opinion appended.
AFFIRMED.
APPENDIX
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No. 770,452
RULING ON MOTIONS
Plaintiffs filed this diversity action against Merrill-National Laboratories for injuries resulting from an adverse reaction to a swine flu vaccine. The basis of their cause of action is Louisiana Civil Code Article 2315.
The United States filed motions under the Swine Flu Act (42 U.S.C. § 247b) to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, to substitute United States as sole defendant and an additional motion to stay discovery…
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