Parents Seek Medical Monitoring in Class Action Suit against Vaccine Manufacturers

MONROE, N.C.-A couple in North Carolina filed a class action lawsuit against the vaccine manufacturers, thimerosal manufacturers and distributors of the preservative in an effort to secure medical monitoring for children who have allegedly suffered neurological damage as a result of their thimerosal exposure. Urwick v. Aventis Pasteur Inc. et al., No. 02cv00871 (N.C. Super. Ct. Union Cty.)

Lee and Jill Urwick filed the complaint in Union County Superior Court on behalf of their 5-year-old son Jackson, claiming the mercury-based thimerosal caused his autism. The lawsuit alleges vaccine manufacturers knew of the potential dangers of the preservative and failed to …