North Carolina Court Orders New Hearing in Vaccine Case

RALEIGH, N.C.-North Carolina's Court of Appeals ordered a new administrative hearing in a personal injury case involving the DPT vaccine, saying the original hearing was flawed because it wasn't before a full compliment of commissioners. Goetz, et al. v. Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines, et al., No. COA4-387.

Plaintiffs Andrew and Catherine Goetz allege their son, Hayden, was injured as a result of the DPT vaccine, which was manufactured by Wyeth-Lederle Vaccine's predecessor, Lederle Labs.

The Goetzes complained that their son received DTP shots on three occasions in 1993, during his first year of life, and became irritable and experienced high …