Legal Opinion
Carlenstolpe v. Merck & Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1986No. 85 CIV. 10056PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Eric Carlenstolpe is a Swedish resident and citizen who suffered serious injury in the form of disabling arthritis after he received two doses of a hepatitis vaccine, HB-Vax, that had been developed, tested, and manufactured by defendant in the United States. Plaintiff, who is an opera singer, had been injected with the vaccine in Sweden while he was working part-time as a medical laboratory assistant. The vaccine, which had been approved by the Swedish government, was administered to plaintiff pursuant to defendant’s marketing recommendation that…
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