Snawder v. Cohen

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SIMPSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the renewed motion of defendant, Dr. Stuart Cohen, for summary judgment.

Plaintiff, Kimberly Marie Snawder, filed this product liability action alleging that she contracted poliomyelitis from an oral polio vaccine administered by Dr. Cohen twenty-one years ago. Snawder claims that Dr. Cohen failed to warn her, or her mother, of the known dangers inherent in the oral polio vaccine’s use. In a previous motion for summary judgment, Dr. Cohen contended that (1) he had no duty to warn Snawder of the risks involved in…