Walgreens Escapes Liability for Covid Vaccine-Related Fall

Walgreen Co. is immune from a customer’s suit seeking damages for injuries she suffered in a fall after receiving her Covid-19 vaccine, a federal court in New Mexico said.

The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act provides an exclusive, administrative remedy for “any claim for loss that has a causal relationship with the administration to or use by an individual of a covered countermeasure” such as a vaccine, the US District Court for the District of New Mexico said.

Suzanne Storment’s injuries directly related to Walgreens’ administration of the vaccine, and therefore weren’t actionable, the court said.

Storment received her ...