
09/10/2025
It took 10 yrs but family finally wins settlement in VICP court. This poor baby died hours after being injected with 4 separate pokes. HiB, Pediarix, PCV13 and Rotavix. 4 regular pokes for infants.
250k for death and 50k for pain and suffering. Dr. Robert Shuman, a distinguished neuropathologist and child neurologist, said the clinical symptoms and the pathological findings in the autopsy, which included evidence of brain swelling and pressure, provided conclusive evidence that Anna developed acute encephalopathy and died from cerebral edema, which resulted in brainstem herniation and cardiopulmonary failure.
He attributed this to a vaccine-triggered immune reaction.
The family of Anna Sims is the first in more than a decade to receive compensation from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program following the death of a baby after routine immunization. The ruling could serve as a model for future infant-death cases in vaccine court, according to a working....