Legal Backgrounders

April 10, 2009

Legal Backgrounders

Does Federal Vaccine Act Preempt State Product Liability Suits?

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By Caryn M. Silverman, a partner in the New York office of the law firm Sedgwick Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, and Soo Y. Kim, a senior associate with the firm.

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