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BLACKWELL v. WYETH

No. 112, September Term, 2008.

971 A.2d 235 (2009)

408 Md. 575

Pamela BLACKWELL et al. v. WYETH d/b/a/ Wyeth, Inc., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Yost, Jr. (Thomas F. Yost, Jr., P.A., Baltimore), on brief, for Appellants.

Daniel J. Thomasch (Joseph Evall, Lauren J. Elliott, Richard W. Mark, and Sean Shields, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York City; Raymond G. Mullady, Jr., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC), all on brief, for Appellees.

Dino S. Sangiamo, Stephen E. Marshall, David S. Gray, Venable LLP, Baltimore, brief of Amicus Curiae Merck & Co., Inc.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

In this case, we address the boundaries of Frye-Reed1 with respect to a hypothesis proffered, on behalf of Pamela and Ernest Blackwell, Petitioner, by their expert, Dr. Mark Geier, involving whether the presence of the preservative "thimerosal"2 in childhood vaccines, causes neurological defects, such as autism,3

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