Leah Durant | Vaccine Attorney - Vaccine Blog

Should parents have to report to the state if their children remain unvaccinated?

There is a recent trend to leave children unvaccinated. Fear of potentially permanent negative side effects of vaccines, such as cognitive and physical disabilities, have led many parents to opt out of the inoculations their states require for children to attend school. Colorado has some of the lowest vaccine rates in the country. This is because parents are allowed to opt out for almost any reason. But who is keeping track of the children that remain unvaccinated? 

It is currently the law that individual schools report the vaccine status of their students to the state.

Under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), individuals who suffer vaccine-related injuries can receive compensation for their medical bills and other losses.  Learn more about the VICP, including how to hire an attorney to file your VICP claim at no financial cost to you.

While still relatively rare, there are several vaccine-related injuries that harm thousands of adults and children every year. In this article, we discuss some of the most common vaccine-related injuries for which compensation is available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

Medical experts have established possible associations between various types of immune disorders and a number of different vaccines. If you or a loved one is suffering from an immune deficiency or autoimmune disorder after a recent vaccination, continue reading to learn more about how you may be able to recover compensation for your medical bills and other losses.

Vaccines have been linked with a number of dangerous and deadly conditions, ranging from minor muscular discomfort to full-fledged neurological damage. Aside from inexcusable personal injuries linked to vaccines, a vaccine manufacturer has recently been implicated in a major anti-trust case causing alleged significant financial harm to patients, pediatricians and vaccine distributors.

As a bit of background, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. is responsible for the production of a wide variety of inoculations, including:

• Conjugate quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine ("MCV4")
• Diphteria, Tetanus, and Pertussis ("DTaP") 
• Inactivated Polio Virus ("IPV") vaccines
• Haemophilus influenzae type B ("HIB") vaccines

The Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC secures $133,106.00 on behalf of a client who suffered a shoulder injury after receiving the annual flu vaccine.  Read more to learn whether you may be entitled to compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

While the Vaccine Injury Table may only list certain conditions and illnesses, it is still possible to seek and obtain compensation, even if your injury is not listed on the Vaccine Table. In this article, vaccine attorney Leah Durant explains how individuals may obtain compensation for shoulder injuries related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and other vaccine injuries not listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.

Medical professionals are taking notice of the frightening increase in cases of whooping cough, a disease supposedly preventable by vaccine administration.  Just recently, a public school district in the Boston area (Norwell), warned the parents of their community to watch for signs of the illness after three cases were diagnosed there.

February 17th is "School Exclusion Day" in the state of Oregon, meaning that any students not up-to-date on their vaccinations, or without documentation to prove that they are current, will be unable to attend classes in all public and private schools in the state from that day forth. School Exclusion Day includes all preschools, childcare facilities and Head Start programs throughout the state. It is possible that hundreds of children will be sent home from school on that day.

The Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC secures six-figure settlement for a client suffering from flu GBS in a claim filed under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

On January 13, 2015, our client received his annual flu shot.  Shortly thereafter he began experiencing symptoms of Guillain Barre Syndrome (or GBS), a serious disease that has been linked to the flu vaccine.  GBS is a rare disorder that causes a person’s immune system to attack the body’s nerve cells.