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LACKS v. ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.

Civ. No. DLB-23-2171.

734 F.Supp.3d 397 (2024)

Ron L. LACKS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Henrietta Lacks, Plaintiff, v. ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

Signed May 20, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Ayers, Pro Hac Vice, Christopher A. Seeger, Pro Hac Vice, Hillary Fidler, Pro Hac Vice, Nigel Halliday, Pro Hac Vice, Seeger Weiss LLP, Ridgefield Park, NJ, Kim D. Parker Esq., Law Offices of Kim Parker, PA, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiff.

Andrew T. George, Bourelly, George, and Brodey PLLC, Washington, DC, Adam Dec, JoAnna B. Adkisson, Pro Hac Vice, Baker Botts, LLP, Washington, DC, Nadira Clarke, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Tonya Kelly Cronin, Baker Donelson, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant.

Michael John Winkelman, McCarthy, Winkelman & Mester, LLP, Lanham, MD, for Amicus Suzette Malveaux.

Dorian Lawrence Spence, I, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Cary Johnson Hansel III, Hansel Law, P.C., Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Deleso A. Alford, J.D., LL.M.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Over 70 years ago, Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Baltimore County, Maryland, entrusted doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital with the treatment of her cervical cancer. She was admitted to a segregated ward and placed under general anesthesia...

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