In the Supreme Court of the United States, Russell Bruesewitz and Robalee Bruesewitz, parents and natural guardians of Hannah Bruesewitz, a minor child, and in their own right, petitioners, v. Wyeth, Inc. F/K/A Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines and Lederle Laboratories, respondent, on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit : brief of Vaccine Injured Petitioners Bar Association, the George Washington University Law School Vaccine Injury Clinic, and Zenoria Phillips DeLoatch, as personal representative of the estate of Moshella F. Roberts, as amici curiae in support of petitioners /

The question presented is whether Section 22(b)(1) of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 preempts vaccine design-defect claims categorically, or must a vaccine manufacturer also show, case by case, that the side effects at issue could not have been avoided by some differently designed...

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