By: Hank Campbell 11 October 2010 Since the 1980s, when lawsuits nearly drove drug companies out of business, a special ‘Vaccine Court’ has been the route parents of children have to go if they suspect a vaccine was involved in their child’s situation. Is there truly due process if a plaintiff must go through a […]
Supreme Court Case Could Significantly Change Vaccine Lawsuits
By: Lauren Cox 11 October 2010 The Supreme Court is set to hear the first arguments Tuesday in a vaccine injury case that pediatricians and medical malpractice lawyers worry will drastically change how patients sue vaccine manufacturers in this country. By law, families who want to sue for vaccine injuries must first go through a […]
Supreme Court to Consider Vaccine Case
By: Barry Meier 11 October 2010 The safety of vaccines is at the heart of a case expected to be heard on Tuesday by the United States Supreme Court, one that could have implications for hundreds of lawsuits that contend there is a link between vaccines and autism. At issue is whether a no-fault system […]
Vaccine and Medication Safety are Parent's Top Research Priorities
Press Release by University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital 11 October 2010 Parents rate research on environmental effects, childhood diseases, and causes of childhood injuries less important. Each year, hundreds of millions of public and private dollars are spent on medical research to improve the health of children – yet parents have little input […]
Vaccine makers targeted in lawsuit
By: Paula Reed Ward, ‘Pittsburg Post Gazette’ 11 October 2010 Hanna Bruesewitz’s parents think DPT vaccination caused the child’s seizure disorder, but the vaccine maker is protected from suits by federal law. On April 1, 1992, Hannah Bruesewitz was a healthy infant. She had reached all of her developmental milestones for a 6-month-old, and that […]
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