Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Awarded to Polio Vaccine Maker

CINCINATTI - The Sixth Circuit upheld orders of summary judgment awarded to the manufacturer of Orimune in two cases where plaintiffs claimed that exposure to the oral polio vaccine caused them to develop the central nervous system disease. Joseph R. Graham, et al. v. American Cyanamid Co., No. 01-4175; Roy Lee Lundy, et al. v. American Cyanamid Co., No. 01-4176 (6th Cir.).

The federal appeals court's Dec. 3 opinion stated that the trial courts were correct in dismissing the plaintiffs' fraud claims because they failed to submit adequate expert testimony to prove that the manufacturer's alleged failure to meet regulatory …