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Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Autism Claims

by Gopalan T on August 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM Medico Legal News

A federal appeals court on Friday has upheld a ruling against claims that vaccination had led to autism.

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Autism Claims

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In their petition Theresa and Michael Cedillo of Arizona claim that a preservative called thimerosal used in vaccines weakened their daughter Michelle's immune system and prevented her body from clearing the measles virus after she was immunized for the disease at age 15 months.

But in 2009, Special Master Denise Vowell, cited by the AP, The evidence �is weak, contradictory and unpersuasive,� concluded Special Master Denise Vowell. �Sadly, the petitioners in this litigation have been the victims of bad science conducted to support litigation rather than to advance medical and scientific understanding� of autism.

More than 5,500 claims have been filed by families seeking compensation through the government�s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and Thursday�s rulings dealt with the first three test cases to settle which if any claims had merit. The first cases argued that a combination of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine plus other shots triggered autism.

�I must decide this case not on sentiment but by analyzing the evidence,� said Special Master George Hastings Jr., writing specifically about Michelle Cedillo of Yuma, Ariz., who is disabled with autism, inflammatory bowel disease and other disorders that her parents blame on a measles vaccine given at 15 months.

�Unfortunately, the Cedillos have been misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment,� Hastings concluded.

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