Vaccine Injury

The Maglio Christopher Toale & Pitts Law Firm represents both children and adults from across the nation injured by adverse vaccine reactions. Information regarding bringing compensation claims under the United States National Vaccination Injury Compensation Program is contained on this site.

Vaccines covered by the National Vaccination Injury Compensation Program include the following:

Compensated, although rare, adverse reactions to these vaccines include death, anaphylaxis, encephalopathy, encephalitis, brachial neuritis, seizures, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, arthritis, thrombocytopenic purpura, intussusception, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, transverse myelitis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome, reflexive sympathetic disorder, complex regional pain syndrome, autoimmune hepatitis, Tourette's syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia, lupus, connective tissue disorders, Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), Kawasaki disease, and others.

Our law firm has made available online and searchable the Vaccine Adverse Event Report System (VAERS) Database. Federal law requires physicians and hospitals to report any suspected vaccine reactions to VAERS. Unfortunately, it is estimated that between only 1 to 10 percent of adverse vaccine reactions are reported. Despite this the database contains several hundred thousand reports of adverse vaccine reactions. Click here to search the VAERS Database.

Claims for compensation are adjudicated by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC. This is an unusual court in that the Court's jurisdiction extends throughout the entire United States, including the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Specialized judges titled Special Masters act as the fact finders and handle the first level of adjudication for vaccine claims. There are no juries in these cases. First level appeals are handled by Judges of the Federal Claims Court and second level appeals go before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Click here for a detailed description of the vaccine injury litigation process.

To have us review your case, click here, or call our office toll free at 877-952-5242. No attorney-client relationship can be established with the Maglio Christopher Toale & Pitts Law Firm absent a written retainer agreement signed by an authorized representative of the Firm.