In 1979, Elizabeth Tenuto brought her infant daughter, Diana, to her pediatrician for her second dosage of an oral polio vaccine. A month later, Ms. Tenuto's husband, Dominick, contracted polio, apparently by touching Diana's stool while changing her diaper. Now, three decades after becoming paralyzed, Mr. Tenuto has won a $22.3 million verdict against Lederle Laboratories, the pharmaceutical company he claims negligently manufactured the vaccine Orimune and failed to adequately warn doctors of its dangers.
April 02, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In May 1979, Elizabeth Tenuto brought her 5-month-old daughter, Diana, to a Staten Island, N.Y., pediatrician for her second dosage of an oral polio vaccine.
A month later, Ms. Tenuto’s husband, Dominick, contracted polio, apparently by touching Diana’s stool while changing her diaper.
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