Garcia
Garcia v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERESA GARCIA, No. 1:20-cv-00850-MCE-JDP Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SANOFI PASTEUR INC., et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Teresa Garcia (“Plaintiff”) initiated this personal injury lawsuit against Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”), the manufacturer and distributer of the Pneumovax® 23 (“Pneumovax 23”) pneumococcal disease vaccine, and Sanofi Pasteur Inc. (“Sanofi”), the manufacturer of the Adacel® (“Adacel”) Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (“TDaP”) vaccine, (collectively, “Defendants”) for injuries sustained following her inoculation with both vaccines in April 2018. After she initially filed this action in state Court, Merck removed it here and both Defendants filed motions to dismiss, which were granted with leave to amend. ECF Nos. 7, 15, 17. Plaintiff then filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), ECF No. 30, after which Defendants filed a second round of Motions to Dismiss, which were granted as well, with…