Tort Immunity Waiver for Vaccine Injuries: Ethical and Legal Perspectives

Tammy Cowart () and Gregory L. Bock
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Tammy Cowart: Department of Accounting, Finance & Business Law, Soules College of Business, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA
Gregory L. Bock: Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA

Laws, 2025, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: The COVID pandemic highlighted the importance of vaccine development and availability worldwide. Operation Warp-Speed in the United States accelerated vaccine production by several major pharmaceutical manufacturers, averting some of the normal administrative processes. The result has been a financial windfall for those companies. Some recent data has shown that the COVID vaccine can cause negative side effects in some patients. There are provisions in U.S. law that allow victims of vaccine injuries to recover compensation through the court system. However, even then tort remedies are limited by federal law. Since the review process was rushed during the pandemic, should tort immunity still be available to those pharmaceutical companies? This paper will discuss the legal and ethical issues involved in vaccine tort immunity.

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccines; bioethics; tort immunity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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