Legal Opinion
American Home Products Corp. v. Ferrari
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 6, 2008No. S07G1708PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
Appellees Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari, individually and on behalf of their minor son, brought suit against several vaccine manufacturers, including Appellants, alleging that their son suffered neurological damage caused by vaccines made with the preservative thimerosal, which contained the toxic substance mercury. Appellees’ claims under Georgia law included strict liability and negligence. They specifically alleged that Appellants could and should have manufactured children’s vaccines without thimerosal before Appel-lees’ son was vaccinated in 1998.
The trial court granted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Banks v. ICI Americas, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Freeman v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 2000
- Bryant v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
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- American Home Products Corp. v. FerrariSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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