Vaccine injury lawyer Leah Durant discusses the side effects and risks of the current vaccines for Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B. Hepatitis Vaccines: What are the Risks? Hepatitis is a virus that attacks the liver and can spread by several… Read More ›
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Do Flu Vaccines Cause GBS? The Government’s Plan to Add GBS to the Table
GBS vaccine attorney Leah Durant discusses the government’s proposal to add GBS to the Vaccine Injury Table and the potential link between flu shots and GBS The federal government has recently opened a period for public comment to determine whether… Read More ›
How to File a Lawsuit for Your Injuries
If what seemed like a small needle stick has turned into months of persistent pain, limited range of motion, severe inflammation, frozen shoulder, or more, you may be experiencing a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (or SIRVA). SIRVA is… Read More ›
The Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC
Help for Shoulder Pain Resulting From Flu Shots When receiving a vaccination, you may be expecting to feel a little pinch when the needle enters the injection site. This is normal and no cause for alarm in most cases. In… Read More ›
Hiring a Vaccine Attorney at No Financial Cost to You – Why having a qualified vaccine attorney helps victims obtain financial compensation
The Law Offices of Leah Durant assists clients and/or their loved ones who have been injured by vaccines obtain compensation for their vaccine injuries. How the VICP Pays Your Attorney Costs After you or a loved one has been injured… Read More ›
The Benefits of Hiring a Vaccine Injury Attorney
If you or a loved one has been injured by a vaccine you may feel overwhelmed by all that has happened to you. That is why it is important to speak with a skilled vaccine injury attorney to discuss your… Read More ›
For Some, Seasonal Flu Vaccine Leads to Shoulder Pain
The seasonal influenza shot is a yearly vaccination administered to protect against contracting the flu. Influenza can be a very serious illness for some people, especially for populations such young children, adults over the age of 65, and individuals with… Read More ›
Vaccine Compensation Fund Keeps Growing
“Tainted steroid injection.” Those aren’t the three most comforting words. But they’re exactly what caused a nasty meningitis outbreak in 2012. Fortunately, the compensation fund for victims of this outbreak recently grew to $210 million. The nationwide outbreak resulted in… Read More ›
Flu Shot Misses the Mark This Year
Makers of chicken noodle soup have done well this flu season. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that the flu vaccine is only 18 percent effective against this year’s dominant flu strain. That’s down from the… Read More ›
College Students Worry about Classes and Meningitis
U.S. college students must now battle one more obstacle in addition to homework: meningitis. Just last week, the Harvard Crimson warned its student readership about confirmed cases of meningococcal meningitis B at Yale and Providence College. The University of Oregon… Read More ›