The Plague of Causation in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
By Betsy J. Grey, February 8, 2012
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The Vaccine Act shifts the liability in vaccine tort cases from manufactures to the federal government and creates an administrative remedy. The burden of proof for causation in cases not described in the table of injuries and vaccines created controversy. The author proposes a model that could resolve the issues of causation in off table claims by establishing an intermediate proof standard through amendment of the Vaccine Act.
