Few people realize that the federal vaccine injury compensation program wasn’t built with an established roadmap. It started with no playbook, limited resources, and an overwhelming volume of cases demanding immediate attention. What did it take to make it work?
In this episode, Leah V. Durant sits down with Mike Milmoe, the first attorney hired by the federal government to defend vaccine injury cases. Mike spent 28 years at the Department of Justice handling vaccine injury claims before representing petitioners in private practice, giving him a unique perspective on how the program works and its impact on the people it was created to serve.