Judge In Shingles Vaccine MDL Enters Lone Pine Order To ‘Weed Out’ Weak Claims

Mealey's (April 5, 2022, 4:58 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Saying it’s time to “weed out” meritorious from nonmeritorious claims that the Zostavax vaccine caused shingles infections in adults, a Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing a multidistrict litigation on March 30 entered a Lone Pine order requiring plaintiffs who claim to have developed shingles to produce laboratory reports showing that their infection was a “vaccine-strain” varicella virus....