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Vaccine Injuries and the Statute of Limitations

By David J. Carney
February 01, 2017

When we are asked to lecture on vaccine injuries and vaccine injury cases, we always begin with two questions. First, we ask, “Has everyone had their vaccinations?” If not, we tell them that they should. Second, we ask (whether lawyers, doctors or anyone else), “If you or someone you knew was injured from a vaccine, where would you go to seek compensation?” The answer to the second question is almost universally, “I don't know.”

The lack of attorney knowledge about the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has led to a dramatic number of legal malpractice cases, and an even greater number of unrepresented victims. Similarly, in the medical community, doctors are unaware that vaccines can cause catastrophic reactions. As a result, physicians do not file appropriate adverse event reports, do not advise their patients that their conditions may be caused by the vaccines they have just received, and almost never advise their patients that they have legal rights.

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