$61 Million Dollar Settlement for a Child Injured by a Vaccine Negotiated by Attorneys at Maglio & Toale, PA

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$61 Million Dollar Settlement for a Child Injured by a Vaccine

Negotiated by Attorneys at Maglio & Toale,

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PRWeb – Fri, Jul 1, 2011

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The U.S Federal Vaccine Court awarded a $61 million settlement for a

child who suffered a severe adverse reaction after an immunization.

Vaccine attorneys at the law firm of Maglio & Toale,

P.A., believed that the case was clearly a result of a reaction to the

DTaP immunization. Court documents show that only hours after the baby

received a routine diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP)

vaccination, she started to have seizures, abnormal breathing, irregular

heartbeats, and at 6:05am the next morning, her heart stopped completely.

It took 6 minutes of CPR to revive her. She has spent that last 6 years

of her life suffering from cognitive delays, cerebral palsy,

encephalopathy, and seizure disorder. The family's attorneys say the $61

million dollar award will pay for the child's around the clock medical

care for the rest of her life.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 01, 2011

S.M.* was born a normal and healthy baby girl in August 2005, weighing 7

lbs. 12 ounces. Two months later, her short, healthy life changed

tragically because of a rare

severe vaccine reaction.

Case documents show that hours after baby S.M. received a routine

diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination, she

started to have seizures, abnormal breathing, irregular heartbeats, and

at 6:05am the next morning, her heart stopped completely. It took 6

minutes of CPR to revive her. She has spent that last 6 years of her life

suffering from cognitive delays, cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, and

seizure disorder.

Vaccine attorneys at the law firm of

Maglio & Toale, P.A., who represented S.M. and her

family argued that the case (No. 08-463V) was clearly a result of a

terrible reaction to the DTaP immunization. In fact, after reviewing the

case submitted by Maglio & Toale, PA, the Division of

Vaccine Injury Compensation of the Department of Health and Human

Services agreed that S.M. was indeed entitled to compensation. " S.M.

will need complete, around-the-clock medical care for the rest of her

life,” says the family’s vaccine attorney,

Anne Carrión Toale of Maglio & Toale, PA. " The

$61 million dollar settlement amount to be paid out over S.M.’s lifetime

is meant to pay for this care. "

This vaccine case was medically complicated and the child’s future needs

were extensive. “Without legal representation, it could have turned out

very differently,” says Toale. “That is why we strongly recommend that

anyone considering filing a vaccine case hire an attorney who is

experienced in vaccine cases to represent them, especially since there is

no cost to victims at all.” Maglio & Toale, P.A. has been

representing vaccine injured patients for well over a decade and

currently represents hundreds of patients experiencing adverse reactions

to vaccines across the United States.

In 1986, Congress set up an elaborate system to compensate patients

injured by adverse reactions to vaccination called the

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Since its

establishment, the Program has paid out more than a billion dollars in

vaccine claims and currently holds more than three billion dollars in

trust for future claims. Whether a patient is to be compensated for a

vaccine injury is determined by the United States Court of Federal Claims

in Washington, DC. Awards by the Court go directly to vaccine injury

victims. Attorneys are paid separately for their time by the Court so

that there are no legal costs to the victims, even if they do not win

their claims. “Not only do very few patients know about the vaccine

injury compensation program, very few doctors and lawyers know about it

,” says

Altom Maglio, managing attorney of Maglio & Toale,

P.A. “It's a huge help in putting our clients’ lives back together.

Compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and some compensation for

pain and suffering is huge when your life has been turned upside down.

But there is a very short window to file your claim,” warns Maglio.

For more information on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,

or if you are a victim of a vaccine injury, contact the law offices of

Maglio & Toale, P.A. at (888) 952-5242 or fill out our

online

vaccine injury case review form at

http://www.mctplaw.com/vaccine-injury/.

*Attorneys for the victim are withholding her name because of medical

privacy issues and because she is a minor.

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Altom M. Maglio

Maglio & Toale, P.A.

(888) 952-5242

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