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The law firm of Waters
& Kraus, LLP, based in Dallas, Texas, announced that it
has filed the first known
civil case alleging that the mercury-based preservative
thimerosal,
used recently in more than 30 childhood vaccines, has
caused mercury poisoning in many children. Counter,
et al v. Abbott Laboratories, et al, (Cause No. GN 100866,
200th District Court - Travis County, Texas).
The symptoms
of mercury poisoning are, in many cases, identical to the
symptoms of autism, although
the suit does not allege that all persons suffering from
the symptoms of autism do so as a result of mercury poisoning.
However, many children suffering from mercury poisoning
have been previously diagnosed with autism due to the similarity
of symptoms.
Children have been exposed to cumulative
levels of mercury from the vaccines that exceed
threshold safety levels that have been established
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
In many instances, children carry unmistakable
evidence of mercury poisoning and the symptoms of mercury
poisoning were first manifested after receiving vaccines
tainted by thimerosal. In many cases, children exhibited
normal neurological and other developmental patterns until
such time as the cumulative dose of mercury
caused irreparable damage to both the neurological and the
general developmental process. For example, many
children had developed language and other skills that were
later lost as the result of the cumulative exposure to mercury.
Thimerosal
is a mercury-based additive.
Mercury has been known to be hazardous
for literally hundreds of years, and its dangers have been
well known and documented during all times when the defendants
manufactured and/or sold mercury-containing pediatric vaccine
products.
Waters & Kraus anticipates that
a significant number of individual cases against the vaccine
industry will be filed in the near future. The firm anticipates
investigating and prosecuting individual claims throughout
the United States, in conjunction with the following firms
and others:
Evert & Weathersby, LLP - Atlanta,
Georgia Dogan & Wilkinson, PLLC - Pascagoula, Mississippi
Doran & Murphy, LLP - Buffalo, New York Leach, Schwarz
& Strassberg - Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Jones, Martin,
Parris & Tessener Law Offices, PLLC - Raleigh, North
Carolina
Additional
inquiries should be addressed to Melissa Miles at Waters
& Kraus (Dallas), (214) 357-6244 or miles@awpk.com.
Potential
claimants should call Claire Bothwell at Waters & Kraus
(California), (562) 436-8833 or bothwell@awpk.com
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