Re: Family to Receive $1.5M in First-Ever Vaccine-Autis...

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They were rewarded only $1.5 M ????

<sigh>

Wasn't that old woman who sued Md's for a " too hot " coffee awarded

MORE than that??

SHAME on them for not awarding this family more-- the medical expenses of

this child, I am SURE will exceed this financial amount in spades.

Becky

In a message dated 9/9/2010 8:38:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

jbmistletoe@... writes:

September 9, 2010 2:14 PM

Family to Receive $1.5M in First-Ever Vaccine-Autism Court Award

The first court award in a vaccine-autism claim is a big one. CBS News has

learned the family of Hannah Poling will receive more than $1.5 million

dollars for her life care; lost earnings; and pain and suffering.

Hannah was described as normal, happy and precocious in her first 18

months.

Then, in July 2000, she was vaccinated against nine diseases in one

doctor's visit: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella, diphtheria,

pertussis,

tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae.

Afterward, her health declined rapidly. She developed high fevers, stopped

eating, didn't respond when spoken to, began showing signs of autism, and

began having screaming fits. In 2002, Hannah's parents filed an autism

claim in federal vaccine court. Five years later, the government settled the

case before trial and had it sealed. It's taken more than two years for both

sides to agree on how much Hannah will be compensated for her injuries.

In acknowledging Hannah's injuries, the government said vaccines

aggravated an unknown mitochondrial disorder Hannah had which didn't " cause "

her

autism, but " resulted " in it. It's unknown how many other children have

similar undiagnosed mitochondrial disorder. All other autism " test cases " have

been defeated at trial. Approximately 4,800 are awaiting disposition in

federal vaccine court.

Time Magazine summed up the relevance of the Poling case in 2008:

....(T)here's no denying that the court's decision to award damages to the

Poling

family puts a chink -- a question mark -- in what had been an unqualified

defense of vaccine safety with regard to autism. If Hannah Poling had an

underlying condition that made her vulnerable to being harmed by vaccines, it

stands to reason that other children might also have such vulnerabilities. "

Then-director of the Centers for Disease Control Gerberding (who is

now President of Merck Vaccines) stated: " The government has made

absolutely no statement indicating that vaccines are a cause of autism. This

does

not represent anything other than a very specific situation and a very sad

situation as far as the family of the affected child. "

Read the newly-released decision on Hannah Poling's compensation.

_http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/CAMPBELLSMITH.%20DOE77082

710.pdf_

(http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/CAMPBELLSMITH.%20DOE77082710.\

pdf)