Legal Opinion
Jones Ex Rel. Jones v. Lederle Laboratories
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 26, 1992No. 85 Civ. 0949PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge:
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Melissa Jones is a severely retarded twelve-year-old girl. This action, brought on Melissa’s behalf by her father, alleges that her condition results from receiving defendant’s DTP vaccine at the age of two and one half months. See Jones v. Lederle Laboratories, 695 F.Supp. 700 (E.D.N.Y.1988). The DTP vaccine is intended to immunize children against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough). In this country, the vaccine traditionally has been given to children in a series of five injections at ages…
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