N.Y. Man With Polio Wins $22.5 M Lawsuit Against Drug Maker
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A New York man with polio has won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a drug maker claiming he contracted the disease 30 years ago from the polio vaccine given to his infant daughter.
Dominick Tenuto was awarded $22.5 million on Friday in a New York state court.
Tenuto's lawsuit claimed that the live virus oral vaccine given to his daughter passed through her body and infected him while he was changing her diaper.
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The 61-year-old former Wall Street executive filed suit after contracting polio and losing his job.
Representatives of drug maker Lederle Laboratories said it plans to appeal.