Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 28, 2021
Filing vaccine injury claims under the National Vaccine Injury Act
Imagine being a parent in the 1940s and 1950s. It’s a hot summer day, and your daughter wants to go to the neighborhood pool. But Life Magazine contains terrifying photos of kids stacked up in iron lungs being fed and playing games of checkers as only their heads stick out of the wall of machines. They can’t breathe on their own and many will die from paralysis — all from the deadly scourge of polio. What do you do?
Benjamin K. Riley
Principal
Bartko LLP
Email: briley@bartkolaw.com
Ben specializes in IP and trust litigation. He's also a lover of all American history (especially TR)!
Imagine being a parent in the 1940s and 1950s. It's a hot summer day, and your daughter wants to go to the neighborhood pool. But Life Magazine contains terrifying photos of kids stacked up in iron lungs being fed and playing games of checkers as only their heads stick out of the wall of machines. They can't breathe on their own and many will die from paralysis -- all from the deadly scourge of polio. What do you do?
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