Suit Over HPV Vaccine Minor Notification Law Dismissed For Lack Of Injury

Mealey's (March 5, 2019, 10:04 AM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A group of parents suing over a New York law permitting administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to minors without parental consent saw their complaint dismissed Feb. 28, when a New York federal judge found that the claimed injuries from such vaccinations were not sufficiently actual or imminent to establish standing under Article III of the Constitution (Lina Cole, et al. v. Howard Zucker, No. 1:17-cv-00251, N.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31714)....