Tom Powers, Esq. Vaccine Court-After the Omnibus: Where Are We?

This presentation addresses both sets of test cases in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding – that the MMR and thimerosal together contributed to autism, and that thimerosal alone contributed to autism – lost before the Court of Claims’ Special Masters. At about the time of the EBCALA conference, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be hearing one of the appeals, Cedillo v. HHS, from the fi rst test theory that MMR and thimerosal contribute to autism. What will happen now to the claims in the Omnibus?

Tom Powers, Esq. is a partner in the Portland, Oregon, law firm Williams O’Leary & Powers. He represents people seriously injured by dangerously defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices. He has worked on national mass tort litigations, including Rezulin, PPA, PPH, asbestos and pain-pumps. As a leader in the Petitioners’ Steering Committee pursing autism and other injury claims in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Tom coordinated efforts of the lawyers in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding on behalf of nearly 5,000 injured children.

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