Link between Childhood Vaccines and Autism To Be Tested At Trial
In what is believed to be a unprecedented class action suit against the maker of childhood vaccines, some 5,000 families will be in court over the next few weeks contending that mercury contained in defective vaccine, caused autism in their children.
The families, many of whom have been waiting for close to five years for their day in court, will be making their way shortly to the "federal vaccine court", which is a special court that hears and rules on the defective vaccine suits. If the court, based upon the evidence and testimony, renders a decision in favor the the claimants, all awards will be paid out of a designated federal fund.
One family that is at the forefront of the Vaccine-Autism Claim is a family in Atlanta, Georgia, the Polings, who settled out of court, will receive money from the federal fund for people harmed by vaccine. In the lawsuit, the Polings claimed that their daughter, who was a year and a half, was administered five vaccines back in July of 2000.
The burden of proof in the federal vaccine court is identical to civil court - by a preponderance of the evidence. That is, the parents will need to prove that it is more likely than not that the vaccines caused the autism and autism-like symptoms, which should not be too difficult, given the direct and circumstantial evidence at the disposal of the Plaintiffs.
If you have any children that have been harmed or adversely effected, I would invite you to please visit my website www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.
