Damages caused by Thalidomide. A never ending legal battle. Commentary to STS October 20th 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2016.37.16155Keywords:
tort law, defective product, defective medicine, Thalidomide, permanent damages, limitation periodAbstract
During the fifties and sixties there was a huge increase in the number of children born with very serious malformations, who lacked legs and/or arms as a consequence of their mothers’ having taken medicines with thalidomide, marketed against nausea and dizziness. Sixty years after the “thalidomide generation” was born, the Spanish victims have seen how courts have rejected their claim. This paper will analyze the Spanish legal journey and will compare it to the legal response in other countries.
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