Measles vaccine case dismissal ‘correct’

The dismissal of an action alleging a man’s serious brain injury and other disabilities were caused by the measles vaccine has been confirmed by the Court of Appeal.

The High Court was correct in finding no case had been made to support the claims made on behalf of Alan O’Leary, now aged 29, of Ballyphehane, Cork, the three-judge Appeal Court held yesterday.

It ruled the High Court was entitled, after hearing the plaintiff’s case over 11 days, to grant applications on behalf of the State, HSE and a doctor who administered the vaccine in February 1988 to the then 15-month-old plaintiff, to strike out the claims against them.