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August 15, 2001, Houston, Texas
www.vaccineinjury.org
(HOUSTON, TEXAS-August 15, 2001)
The Williams Bailey Law Firm, L.L.P., (Houston, Texas) has assembled a strategic
alliance of the leading law firms in the country to make people aware of the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ("NVICP") and vigorously
prosecute vaccine injury claims on a number of different fronts" according
to John Eddie Williams, Jr., Managing Partner. "We will be offering our
clients a full service individualized approach to vaccine
injury claims; from filing and administering claims under the NVICP, to pursuing
individual civil actions across the nation if the Program denies a claim or
awards an inadequate amount of compensation for the adverse reactions
suffered".
In 1986 Congress established the NVICP to compensate victims, protect vaccine
manufacturers and health care personnel administering vaccines from liability
resulting from vaccine related injuries and deaths. Even though the
enabling legislation that created the NVICP requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services to "undertake reasonable efforts to
inform the public of the availability of the Program", most parents,
teachers, physicians, and even many attorneys, are unaware of the existence
of this program, let alone the three year (3 year) statute of limitations that
may bar claims that are not timely filed. "The Secretary has
obviously done very little, if anything to fulfill this directive, so we
will," according to Jeff Sell, an attorney working with the William Bailey
Law Firm.
The limitation provision buried within the NVICP states:
"a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table which is administered
after October 1, 1988, if a vaccine-related injury occurred as a result of the
administration of such vaccine, no petition may be filed for compensation under
the Program for such injury after the expiration of 36 months [48 months with
respect to death claims] after the date of the occurrence of the first symptom
or manifestation of onset or of the significant aggravation of
such injury." 42 USC Sec. 300aa-16.
The strategic "vaccine alliance" includes: Williams Bailey Law Firm,
L.L.P. (Houston), Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. (Boston), Shoemaker
& Horn (Vienna, VA), Blizzard & McCarthy (Houston) and Hitt, Patterson
& Sell-- www.HittPattersonSell.com
(Houston) and others. Some of these firms have for years specialized in
representing individuals under the NVICP who have been injured by vaccinations.
End of news V1 #97
Law firm - Ury & Moskow
http://www.urymoskow.com/LYMErix.htm
LYMErix®
A number of people who received the Lyme disease vaccine, LYMErix, have
subsequently reported symptoms that are worse than those associated with the
disease itself. A number of these individuals have incurable arthritis and/or
neurological impairment. Many of these cases could have been avoided had the
people first gone for a routine blood exam to see if they have a blood trait
known as HLA-DR4+. These individuals are susceptible to developing
"treatment-resistant" Lyme arthritis. Approximately one-third of the
general
population has this HLA-DR4+ trait. People with this blood trait are unable
to formulate a defense to the active ingredients in the vaccine.
In addition to people with this blood trait, persons previously infected with
Lyme disease may also experience extreme reactions to LYMErix. It is
believed that the Lyme disease is hyperactivated in these people, causing
their symptoms to become more severe than they were with Lyme disease alone.
The makers of LYMErix, SmithKline, failed to inform either the doctors, or
the general public to be tested, that the subjects should be tested for this
blood trait. They also failed to properly test the effects of the vaccine on
people with a history of Lyme disease. Ury & Moskow is currently
investigating reports on behalf of individuals who suffer from severe
arthritis and/or neurological disorders occurring after receiving LYMErix®.
If you or someone you know suffers from severe arthritis or neurological
impairment after receiving this vaccine, contact us if you would like to
learn more about your rights.
To read the following article you will have to register with BioMedNet. It is a great
service. The article is fantastic and I highly recommend you register and read
it!
The Bitter Feud over LYMErix
Big Pharma Takes on the Wrong Little Osp by Pamela Weintraub
http://news.bmn.com/hmsbeagle/106/notes/feature3
LDA Vaccine Position
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/vaccine_position.htm
CLASS ACTION/ SMITHKLINE BEECHAM
http://www.sheller.com/complaint.htm
Lyme Vaccine Linked to Autoimmune Arthritis
SmithKline Beecham to Defend Vaccine in Class Action Suit
http://pharmacotherapy.medscape.com/APhA/PT/2001/v07.n01/PT0701.07.html
FDA, NIH, CDC RECONSIDER SYSTEM FOR ENSURING VACCINE SAFETY
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/30067.rhtml?srcmp=psy-111700
Voice Your Opinion On The Lyme Vaccine
http://x-l.net/Guestbook/guestbook.html/
Lyme Vaccine
http://www.aero-vision.com/~cheryl/vaccine.html
CBER 2001 Meeting Documents
go to this link,
scroll to LAST box,
find 3680t2.rtf (394)
click on the link!
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/cber01.htm#Vaccines
Click to read:
FDA PANEL TO SCRUTINIZE LYME VACCINE
LYME VACCINE LINKED TO AUTOIMMUNE ARTHRITIS
http://pharmacotherapy.medscape.com/APhA/PT/2001/v07.n01/PT0701.07.html
FDA ADVISERS SAY MORE STUDY NEEDED OF LYME VACCINE SAFETY
http://id.medscape.com/33197.rhtml?srcmp=id-020201
Warnings Urged For Lyme Vaccine
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/9247/310350.html
Restrictions urged for Lyme vaccine
http://www.msnbc.com/news/524680.asp?cp1=1
Is the Lyme Disease Vaccine a Lemon?
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?k14888533
From LDF
http://www.lyme.org/index2.html
Reporting an Adverse Event to a Vaccination
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A. If you participated in the vaccination trails you have no time limit to
report an adverse event.
1) Report the event to the researcher that gave you the vaccination.
2) If the researcher is unavailable or refuses to take the report then report
yourself to the Company that funded the trial for Connaught call Ken Guito
570-839-4212 for SmithKline call Paula Goldberg 215-751-6593.
3) If the company does not take your report then you can report yourself via the
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) see instructions below.
B. If you received a vaccination after the trial you or your doctor can report
the event directly through VAERS.
To report your adverse event you will need to obtain a VAERS form. There is a
toll free VAERS info line 1-800-822-7967 or you can download a PDF file from
www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/report.htm.
For more information on the VAERS (including a CME article) go to
www.fda.gov/medwatch/articles.htm.
Lyme Vaccine and Disease Reactivation? http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/CNO/2001/LDF/Story.cfm?story_id=2245
Contact me: b10g7@mediaone.net
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