S.M. v. HHS
Jun 03, 2011OUTCOME: More than 61 million over her lifetime
Represented a child with a severe brain injury following DTaP vaccine in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. S.M.* was born a normal and healthy baby girl in August 2005, weighing 7 lbs. ... 12 ounces. Two months later, her short, healthy life changed tragically because of a rare and severe vaccine reaction. Only hours after baby S.M. received a routine diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination, she started to have seizures, abnormal breathing, irregular heartbeats, and at 6:05am the next morning, her heart stopped completely. It took 6 minutes of CPR to revive her. She has spent that last 6 years of her life suffering from cognitive delays, cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder; all because of an immunization.
