Nationwide Representation For Vaccine Injuries
A recently published study found the flu vaccination related to a much higher risk of developing narcolepsy, a lifelong disorder in which people fall asleep involuntarily and experience spells of muscle weakness. Flu shot injuries have long had a central and peripheral nervous system component, such as developing Guillain-Barre Syndrome from an adverse reaction to the flu shot. New research…
A very common vaccine injury following immunization results when the person administering the vaccination gives the shot too high up on the arm, resulting in limited range of motion, pain, and weakness. Some of the symptoms and/or diagnoses can be: arm pain, shoulder pain, shoulder dysfunction, frozen shoulder, adhesive capsulitis, shoulder bursitis, and brachial neuritis. This condition is a well…
Probably the hardest thing for a vaccine injury attorney to tell a client is that they have missed the statute of limitations and their claim for benefits in the Program is time-barred. One of the most frequently criticized elements of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is its overly restrictive statute of limitations, requiring an injured person to file his or…
In a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the flu vaccine remains the top culprit for causing vaccine injury. Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a crippling neurological disease, remains the top flu shot injury being awarded compensation in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The recent report shows that from 11/16/2013 through 2/15/2014, there were 128 total cases…
Flu shot injuries are one of the most common claims made in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Despite this fact, we hear on the television in an onslaught of advertising that “it is time to get your flu shot”. The truth is, in the past couple of years, researchers have found that the flu vaccine can provide only moderate…
This year’s flu vaccine was far less effective than officials previously thought, particularly for the elderly, according to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccine was 9% effective in protecting people in that age group. An H3N2 flu strain has been the most dominant and has been especially hard on the elderly. The flu vaccine ineffectiveness…
One of the great features of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is that the attorney’s fees and expenses associated with bringing the injury claim are paid for by the VICP and not by the injured person or their family. Likewise, no contingency fees are taken out of a vaccine injury recovery in the VICP. As long as there is a…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two flu vaccines that would give people who are allergic to eggs an opportunity to receive a flu shot. Currently, people with egg allergies cannot get a flu vaccine because it is egg-based. The vaccine is made after the influenza virus grows inside an egg. At this point, someone with an egg…
There have been thousands of reported cases of vaccine injury following administration of the Gardasil vaccine, a vaccine that is given in three separate shots to help prevent cervical cancer. We have handled many Gardasil claims before the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Our clients were featured in a news story about the Gardasil vaccination. To see their story,…
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon but serious autoimmune disorder that damages the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system refers to the nerves in the body outside the brain and spinal cord. The syndrome can be caused by an acute infectious process or by vaccination. A person affected with GBS will initially have a tingly and numbing sensation in…
