Kress v. Lederle Laboratories

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid Company, appeals from the order of the trial court setting aside its previously issued order approving a settlement between plaintiff, acting through his next friend, and defendant Lederle. We reverse.

Plaintiff Ryan Kress was bom healthy. Shortly after his birth he took an oral polio *208vaccination called Orimune manufactured by Lederle Laboratories. Within two weeks his legs went limp and he is permanently paralyzed from the waist down. His mother individually and as next Mend, filed suit against Lederle, Group Health…