Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 26, 1975No. 46237PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERRY, Justice :
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained from ingesting oral polio vaccine manufactured by Charles Pfizer & Company, Inc. [defendant].
The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $340,000 and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. Defendant appeals. For reasons hereinafter stated we conclude the judgment of the trial court must be reversed and remanded for a new trial.
The Sabin oral vaccine contains live attenuated polio virus. Producers of the vaccine, including defendant, are licensed by the United States Government.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Reyes v. Wyeth LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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- Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. ChapmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
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