· 8/4/1987
Wack v. Lederle Laboratories
Citations
- 666 F. Supp. 123
- 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7035
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting defendant’s implied preemption claims based on FDA’s occupation of the field to permit parents’ state common law tort action against DPT vaccine manufacturer on the grounds that such preemption would effectively immunize all drug manufacturers from liability.
- lack of federal civil remedy bars preemption
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Judges: Krenzler
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