Legal Opinion
Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 27, 2009No. 07-3794PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents three questions related to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: (1) whether the Act preempts all design defect claims against the manufacturer of a vaccine; (2) whether the plaintiffs demonstrated that the manufacturer failed to adequately warn the plaintiffs of the risks associated with the vaccine; and (3) whether the plaintiffs provided sufficient evidence of a manufacturing defect to survive the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The District Court held that the Act preempted all design defect claims and concluded that the…
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