MMR Litigation - Blacks Solicitors

Blacks Solicitors are investigating potential legal claims for compensation for former litigants in the MMR MR Vaccine Litigation.

The investigation concerns the conduct of the MMR MR Vaccine Litigation.

The former litigants have not received any compensation from the MMR MR Vaccine Litigation. They include vulnerable persons who have considerable living expenses arising from their condition.

The investigation does not raise new safety concerns in respect of any MMR Vaccine product currently used in this country.

The investigation is being led by Luke Patel, Solicitor Partner and Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution.

We have had a large volume of enquiries and have now a number of clients funded by conditional fee agreements.

If you received a Urabe containing vaccine and suffered neurological injury we would be pleased to hear from you along with former litigants who suffered from other conditions. Our recommendation would be to contact us now to ensure that claims can be investigated as soon as possible and without any delay that may affect the chances of the claim being successful.

To get in touch, or for further information, please complete and submit the enquiry form below.

Alternatively, contact Blacks via the email address mmrinfo@lawblacks.com or telephone the dedicated number 0845 872 0213.

Contact Form:

last changed 10/12/2011

Name of Former Litigant:	*
Date of Birth:	*
Contact person (if different):	*
Email address:	*
Contact phone number:	*
Are you a former litigant in the MMR Vaccine Litig:	*
Product Complained of:
What condition(s) was allegedly caused by MMR vaccine:
Date of vaccination:
Date proceedings were issued:
Have you ever made a claim for a Vaccine Damage Payment:
Was your Vaccine Damage Payment claim successful?:

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Background

1. In September 1992 two brands of MMR were no longer used because of safety concerns with respect to the Urabe mumps vaccine virus and aseptic meningitis. In 2002 the Chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines stated: “This risk to children of a potentially serious neurological complication makes its use unacceptable...”

2. The MMR MR Vaccine litigation involved around 1,600 claimants. The claims were brought under the Consumer Protection Act 1987. They were against the vaccine companies. It cost over £15 million in legal aid fees. No compensation was obtained for any claimant.

3. The scope of the litigation was defined by a Practice Direction issued on 8 July 1999:

“This Practice Direction applies to all proceedings in which the claimant claims damages for personal injuries alleged to have arisen out of the inoculation of any vaccines against the illnesses of Mumps and/or Measles and Rubella, such vaccines having been manufactured and/or supplied by the Defendants...”

4. The injuries alleged are believed to have included: autism, bowel problems, epilepsy, brain damage (including meningitis, cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, encephalitis), behaviour and learning problems, arthritis and arthralgia, deafness in one or both ears, myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue.

5. The lead claimants in the MMR MR Vaccine litigation alleged conditions of autistic spectrum disorder with or without bowel disorder based on the hypothetical persistence of measles vaccine virus in body tissues.

last changed 6/30/2011