In the early days of litigation, we were able to get a favorable result for I would say...
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Mike Hugo - Plaintiff's Attorney in Vaccine Injury Litigation:
In the early days of litigation, we were able to get a favorable result for I would say pretty much 100% of the people we represented, because they always settled the case at the same juncture of litigation, of the discovery. That told me, as an attorney, that if they're willing to pay, there's something that I don't know about it.
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In the early days of the litigation we were able to
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get a favorable result for
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I would say pretty much 100 of the people
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that we represented
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'Cause they always seem to settle the case
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at the same juncture of litigation of the discovery
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That told me a story as an attorney
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It told me that if they're willing to pay on these cases
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there's something that I still don't know about
Clip duration: 28 seconds
Views: 161
Timestamp in movie: 00h 25m 00s
Uploaded: 20 February, 2022
Genres: documentary, drama
Summary: A dramatic forensic examination of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and its consequences.
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00:15 We don't apply the rules of evidence that
00:37 When Congress passed the Vaccine Act
00:27 That is done for every other medical product or device
00:10 Moody DeStefano and colleagues did find a strong signal
00:14 They won't do it
00:35 Dr Thompson tried to warn
00:21 Two findings were buried
00:36 I have performed the study
00:23 The vaccine industry at the beginning of the 1980s
00:14 That box in your house is really
00:11 We wanted the vaccine issue
00:19 The reason they didn't pursue the safer vaccine
00:06 Mike As we fought for more documents
00:27 Marty asked what we're gonna do about vaccination
00:14 Most of these lawsuits would be settled
00:15 Concerns about brain damage
00:16 In the early '90s in the wake of the '86 act
00:04 We're gonna have a baby
00:13 It had become a national political priority
00:28 And it had become very important for American foreign policy