Patten v. Lederle Laboratories’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 301 (Animal Drug Amendments of 1968) · 42 U.S.C. § 215 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009) · 42 U.S.C. § 247B (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
Relies on San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Hines v. Davidowitz · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association v. D Cuesta
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]or the relatively few who are injured by vaccines — through no fault of their own — the opportunities for redress and restitution are limited, time-consuming, expensive, and often unanswered. Currently, vaccine-injured persons can seek recovery for their damages only through the civil tort system or through a settlement arrangement with the vaccine manufacturer. Over time, neither approach has proven satisfactory. Lawsuits and settlement negotiations can take months and even years to complete. Transaction costs — including attorneys’ fees and Court payments — are high. And in the end, no recovery may be available. Yet futures have been destroyed and mounting expenses must be met. This approach has also been ineffective for the manufacturers of childhood vaccines. This has become especially true in more recent years as the number of lawsuits — particularly those concerning the DPT vaccine — has increased.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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