Texas Woman Says Wyeth, Lederle Labs or Pfizer Manufactured her Polio Vaccine

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas woman who claims her brain tumor was caused by a polio vaccine, responded to Wyeth's and Pfizer's motions for summary judgment on Sept. 15, saying the vaccine could have been manufactured by the companies, but that they cannot 'rely on her personal memory to prove the identity of the manufacturer.' Garcia v. Aventis, et al. No. 2:04-cv-00112 (S.D. Texas).

Sarita I. Garcia sued Aventis, Wyeth, Lederle Laboratories, Pfizer Inc. and 29 other pharmaceutical manufacturers in the 28th Judicial District Court of Nueces County, Texas, on Feb. 20, 2004 (No. 04-935-A). Her case was removed …