Anapol
Schwartz attorneys Lawrence
Cohan and Melissa
Fry Hague recently filed two Gardasil vaccine complaints – one on
behalf of a Kensington, Calif., family, whose 15-year old daughter died
after suffering from severe adverse reactions, and another on behalf of
a 19-year old Lapeer, Mich., woman, who has a chronic, autoimmune
disorder. The cases, filed in The Court of Federal Claims in Washington,
D.C., seek recovery under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program.
“Vaccines are certainly a critical part of our public health program,
and all required vaccines should be received. However, in the case of
optional vaccines, like Gardasil, it’s vital to talk to your physician
about whether the benefits outweigh the risks”
“Our two cases represent an increasing number of recent, adverse
reaction reports we’re seeing in young women who have received the
Gardasil vaccine. The outcomes in these matters have been horrific,”
says co-lead counsel Cohan, a New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Attorney
representing more than 50 consumers with Gardasil claims.
First approved in 2006, Gardasil is designed to protect women and girls
from several of the human papillomavirus (HPV) strains likely to cause
genital warts and cervical cancer – the second most common cancer among
women.
In Tetlock v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Jennifer
Tetlock received the third in the series of the Gardasil vaccine and
began to experience progressive weakness in her body. Soon after, she
developed muscle atrophy of the lower extremities and right upper
extremity weakness with tingling and numbness. Suffering from a
progressing neurodegenerative disorder, she rapidly deteriorated, became
confined to a wheelchair and ultimately passed away two years
post-vaccination.