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Pennsylvania Court Partly Reverses Preemption In Thimerosal Injury Case
Posted on 18 Jan 2011 by Tom Moylan

HARRISBURG, Pa. - (Mealey's) The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Jan. 11 partly reversed preemption summary judgment in a thimerosal vaccine injury case, saying the trial court needs to conduct a case-by-case inquiry of the side effects of the vaccines... Read More

Tags: Vaccine Act , Wyeth , Pennsylvania Superior Court , thimerosal , Aventis Pasteur , National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program , design defect , Jacqueline Wright v. Aventis Pasteur , MMR , vaccine injury , vaccine , Litigation , lawsuit , failure to warn , measles-mumps-rubella vaccine

Supreme Court Questions When Untimely Vaccine Claimants Can Get Attorney Fees
Posted on 19 Mar 2013 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on March 19 questioned the federal government about whether a petitioner who made an untimely claim made to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is eligible for attorney fees and costs... Read More

Tags: vaccines , Kathleen Sebelius v. Melissa Cloer , National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program , attorney fees , Litigation , U.S. Court of Federal Claims , U.S. Supreme Court , Melissa Cloer

Alford On How U.S. Courts Have Ruled In Thimerosal/Autism Cases
Posted on 7 Jul 2010 by Margie Searcy Alford

In this Emerging Issues Analysis, toxic tort litigator and author Margie Searcy Alford reviews recent court decisions in cases alleging a link between thimerosal and autism. She writes: "According to the Centers for Diseases Control, about one out... Read More

Tags: Margie Searcy Alford , U.S. Court of Claims , thimerosal , MMR vaccine , National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program , tort , personal injury , Centers for Disease Control , autism , National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 , vaccine , Litigation , lawsuit