Washington court will hear autism-vaccine suits
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A special court that will pit scientists against activists in the debate over whether vaccines have caused autism in many children begins hearings on Monday with the first test case, involving a 12-year-old Arizona girl.
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Oral argument on the Terri Schiavo case is scheduled for today in the Florida Supreme Court. Seventeen national disability organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief, the third disability brief in the case.
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A Brooklyn lawyer announced plans yesterday to file the first federal lawsuits against Merck &amp; Co. on behalf of New Yorkers who developed heart troubles using the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit this week against two distributors of the flu vaccine for allegedly charging exorbitant prices to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman, in violation of state law.
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Washington State's highest court has given the green light for a class-action lawsuit.
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HOUSTON -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against two distributors of the scarce flu vaccine for allegedly charging exorbitant prices to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman, in violation of state law.
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Playing fair, or promoting religion? Parents, civil liberty advocates and suburban-Atlanta school officials are in federal court over the issue of warning stickers on science textbooks.
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Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children's special education needs, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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CHICAGO - A medical school and a group of about 50 breast cancer patients have agreed to settle a lawsuit over a canceled experimental vaccine program that some patients claimed had kept them alive.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday it would decide whether the landmark federal civil  rights law protecting people with disabilities from  discrimination applied to companies that operate foreign cruise  ships in U.S. waters.
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A new legal drama making its debut this month on ABC is stepping into a subject that is the source of heated debate among some parents â the relationship between autism and childhood vaccines.
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Autism cases in California continued to climb even after a mercury-rich vaccine preservative that some people blame for the neurological disorder was removed from routine childhood shots, a new study found.
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By MARK SHERMAN  WASHINGTON - Jeff and Sandee Winkelman don't have the money to pay for private schooling for their autistic son, let alone hire a lawyer to sue their public school district.
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Education officials in the District said Friday that they would refer the cases of 434 students who lack proof of immunization to the city's Family Court, where the children's parents and guardians could be charged with child neglect.
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As the debate over autism's cause continues, the CDC raises its estimate of how many children are affected.
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The doctor who first suggested MMR was linked to autism paid children for blood samples, a hearing is told.
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Justices are expected to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could have broad implications for the tech industry.