Federal Judge Allows SV40-Cancer Testimony, But Dismisses Case

photo-2Ruling was preceded by the filing of several asbestos complaints naming pharmaceutical companies as defendants

LOS ANGELES - A recent ruling in a case alleging exposure to polio vaccine allegedly contaminated with Simian Virus 40 (SV40) could have implications for asbestos litigators as some plaintiffs have already begun amending complaints to add companies that manufactured the vaccine.

On May 12, A federal judge in California upheld expert testimony regarding the link between SV40 and cancer in a case filed by the parents of a two-year-old California boy who died from a brain tumor after receiving an oral polio vaccine …