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FERRARI v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

No. A07A0306.

650 S.E.2d 585 (2007)

FERRARI et al. v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION, d/b/a Wyeth et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanny B. Bridgers and Albert M. Pearson, III, Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner, Atlanta, for appellants.

Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin, Paul L. Fields Jr., Alissa C. Malone, Greenberg Traurig, Lori G. Cohen, Christiana C. Jacxsens, Alembik, Fine & Callner, Lowell S. Fine, Leslie J. Suson, Lightmas & Delk, Glenn A. Delk, King & Spalding, Robert D. Hays, Jr., Michael R. Powers, Matthew S. Harman, Nall & Miller, George R. Neuhauser, Kenneth P. McDuffie, Hawkins & Parnell, William H. Major III, Atlanta, for appellees.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

In this case involving an issue of first impression, we are called upon to address whether the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986 ("Vaccine Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-1 et seq., preempts a lawsuit for injuries allegedly caused by the routine vaccination of a child.1 The trial court concluded that a portion of the plaintiffs' claims are preempted by the Vaccine Act and granted partial summary...

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