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IN RE SABIN ORAL POLIO VACCINE PROD. LIABILITY LIT.

No. MDL 780.

763 F.Supp. 811 (1991)

In re SABIN ORAL POLIO VACCINE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

April 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley P. Kops, Adler & Kops, Philadelphia, Pa., and Marc S. Moller, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Rupert M. Mitsch, Julie Zatz and Ann Wion, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

OPINION

MOTZ, District Judge.

These seven cases, which have been transferred to the District of Maryland pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 (1988), are brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-80 (1988). Plaintiffs (or persons whom they represent) contracted poliomyelitis, allegedly as a result of the administration of doses of oral polio vaccine ("OPV") manufactured by Lederle Laboratories, Inc. Plaintiffs...

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