Understanding the Vaccine Injury Table and Your Right to Financial Compensation
In 1988, the federal government established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) to provide individuals who suffer complications from vaccinations the ability to recover financial compensation without the need to prove that someone else is liable for their injuries. This is an important benefit: without it, people would be forced to...
Awards Increase for Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) Cases
It seems simple -- your doctor recommends that you get the flu shot this fall before flu season is in full swing. You receive the shot and all is well, right? Wrong. First of all, the flu shot only protects against certain...
Common Vaccines and Related Vaccine Injuries
Over the past nine years, Americans have received more than 2.5 billion vaccinations. Each year, these vaccinations lead to countless side effects and injuries. While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that hundreds of people hire attorneys to file claims with the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) every...
How to Recognize a Vaccine Injury
If you’ve experienced long lasting shoulder pain, illness, or other injury following vaccination, you may be eligible for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. A vaccine injury lawyer from the Law Offices of Leah V....
Narcolepsy Cases Linked to Flu Vaccine Subject to New Compensation Dispute
Government attorneys are attempting to block compensation benefits to individuals who developed narcolepsy as a result of a defective swine flu vaccine. The vaccine was administered to millions of people in Europe and the UK before being taken off the market.
Health Officials Urge Stages to Make Vaccine Information Public
Under current laws, the decision to exempt one’s child from the rigid and questionably-safe recommended vaccination schedule is to be kept confidential and personal. However, if Centers for Disease Control...
Congressman Urges House to Investigate Government Cover-up of Vaccine Injuries
Years ago, the federal government set up a trust containing funds earmarked for those injured by vaccines. The fund, known as the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund,...
U.S. Supreme Court to Possibly Review Recent New York Vaccination Exemption Case
Vaccine exemptions are a hot-button topic across the United States, and many jurisdictions have opted to uphold and fortify the notion that parents are in the best position to decide whether their child should receive vaccinations. Some...
Injury from a Flu Shot Could Mean Compensation
Not all vaccine injuries are from the vaccine itself. Since 2011, the government has paid about $18 million to 112 victims of “SIRVA,” or “shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.” Such claims are settled by The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
Vaccine Injury Payouts Rise
A government fund set up to pay individuals injured by vaccinations recently awarded over $2.5 million to three individuals who claimed damages from flu shots. The injuries were caused not by the vaccine, but by the administration of the shots.