Posts Tagged 'vaccine'

Vaccine Injury Compensation Programs Fight to Stay Above Water

federal vaccine compensation programs run low on resourcesWhile the overwhelming majority of vaccinations administered across the United States are safe, a small number of people will always suffer ill effects from them. Side effects and adverse reactions are simply a part of human medicine, and they are unavoidable.

Federal programs to compensate those affected by these reactions have been in place for decades, but an ever-growing list of vaccines designed to eradicate various ...

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Lopez McHugh attorney takes on pharmaceutical giant

The Pennsylvania Record reports that attorney Michael Katz of Lopez McHugh has filed a product liability claim against GlaxoSmithKline, on behalf of a New York woman who alleges the pharmaceutical company’s anti-Lyme Disease vaccine harmed her.

Katz filed the civil action July 9 at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court, also naming Smithkline Beecham Corp. and various subsidiaries as defendants.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff’s problems originated with a series of LYMErix vaccinations ...

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