What is the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act?
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was established to provide a remedy for plaintiffs who were injured through the administration of a required or recommended vaccination. The Act relieves these plaintiffs of the burden of engaging in lengthy litigation, and ensures their recovery in appropriate cases. Congress has, through an excise tax on the sale of certain vaccines, funded a Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund from which compensation may be paid for vaccine-related injuries or deaths. Any lawyer who is consulted about such injuries has an ethical obligation to inform his or her clients about the availability of compensation under the act. Any person who has sustained a vaccine-related injury, or the legal representatives of such person, may make a claim under the Act. The proceeding for relief is initiated by filing a petition with the United States Claims Court. Elements of compensation include all unreimbursable expenses, both past and future, that resulted from the vaccine,
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