U.S. Can Intervene in Appeal of SV40-Vaccine Contamination Ruling

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling will allow the U.S. Government to intervene in the appeal of a trial court ruling that permitted the parents of a girl who was allegedly exposed to Simian Virus 40 (SV40) via the oral polio vaccine to bring a wrongful death claim in state court. Rivard v. American Home Products Inc., et al., No. M-1294 Sept. Term 2005 59,506 (N.J. Sup. Ct.).

In a May 25 order, the state high court granted the petition of the United States of America to appear as amicus curiae in the appeal of a Bergen …