Illinois Attorneys for Meningococcal Vaccination Injury Lawsuits

Lawyers Serving Clients Injured By Meningococcal Vaccines Throughout the United States

There are a few different vaccines used to prevent meningococcal disease. Although rare, for some individuals, these vaccines cause life-altering injuries and severe adverse reactions.

Compensation for these types of injuries may be available through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Attorneys Ed Kraus, Amy Kraus and Brynna Gang can file your claim, at no cost to you. While we are located in Chicago, Illinois, we serve vaccine injured clients that live throughout the country.

Under the Vaccine Injury Table, some of the possible injuries of the meningococcal vaccine include:

• Anaphylaxis
• SIRVA
• Fainting

If you or a loved on suffered one of the above injuries, compensation may be established in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) by filing a Table Claim. To learn more, you can reach out to our office to speak with one of our attorneys.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Menactra

Not all Menactra vaccine injuries are considered Table injuries. In that circumstance, an injured person has to prove that the vaccine, more likely than not, caused the injury. One example of this is Guillain-Barre syndrome, triggered by Menactra. While it is difficult to find definitive evidence showing Menactra causes some cases of the autoimmune disorder, there have been anecdotal reports of Menactra recipients who experience Guillain-Barre symptoms within six weeks of vaccination. In the late 2000's, the CDC reported that 26 confirmed cases of GBS following Menactra had been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

Reporting an adverse event to VAERS is voluntary. As every case of vaccine injury are not reported to VAERS, the number of people who develop GBS and other health problems after vaccination may be much higher.

Currently, the direct link between meningococcal vaccines and GBS are not proven, so you must establish the connection in order to recover compensation from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The vaccine injury attorneys at Kraus Law Group have handled many cases requiring the linking of the administered vaccine to the subsequent adverse event.

Other Meningococcal Vaccine Injuries

Menactra, and other vaccines like it, can cause a severe allergic reaction, or anaphylaxis, which could lead to injury or possibly death.

Individuals respond differently to these vaccinations, and so you could suffer an injury that has yet to be tied to meningococcal vaccines. When the injury is especially uncommon, having a vaccine injury attorney that knows the system is especially helpful. At Kraus Law Group, vaccine injury law is all we do.

Whether you live in Chicago, Illinois or anywhere else in the nation, if you or a loved one was injured by the meningococcal vaccine, please contact Kraus Law Group to learn more about vaccine injury compensation. Call 312-858-2177, or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.