Wednesday, May 11, 2011

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THE VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM:

digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1681&context=pelr
A Review of Compensated Cases of VaccineInduced Brain Injury
MARY HOLLAND, LOUIS CONTE, ROBERT KRAKOW AND LISA COLIN*
INTRODUCTION
Is the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (“VICP”) of
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims a fair forum? This is not a
trivial question as it is the only forum in which parents may
bring claims for vaccine injury to their children. Under the 1986
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (“1986 Law”), Congress
created an administrative forum that it meant to ensure simple
justice for children; it gave the VICP original jurisdiction for all
vaccine injury claims.
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Because almost all U.S. children must

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