Appellate Court Tosses Out 1,200 Shingles Vaccine Injury Lawsuits Against Merck
The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed approximately 1,200 lawsuits filed against Merck & Co. over its shingles vaccine, Zostavax. The Appellate Court upheld a U.S. District Court ruling that threw out the lawsuits for failing to abide by a court order requiring them to provide clinical test results.1 Zostavax, the first shingles vaccine […]
California Church Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million for Defying Lockdown Measures
A federal judge has ruled that a California church must pay $1.2 million in fines for defying COVID-19 safety regulations. The San Jose Calvary Chapel was fined earlier this month for not upholding Santa Clara County mask mandates from November 2020 to June 2021. The chapel originally faced $2.8 million in fines, but then countersued […]
