Vaccine Liability: Supreme Court Justices Question Manufacturer “Motivation,” Comparative Safety
Executive Summary
If the pharmaceutical industry is expecting a Supreme Court decision declaring blanket federal preemption of vaccine-related design defect claims, it must hope that questions raised by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a vaccine liability case do not portend the views of the court’s majority.
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