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Families
Win Lawsuit Over MMR Vaccine in Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030314a7.htm
Osaka (Kyodo) The government and a research center affiliated
with Osaka University were handed a court order Thursday to pay a total
of 155 million yen to the families of two children who died or suffered
side effects after receiving the MMR vaccine.
The vaccine, which covers
measles, mumps and rubella, has since been banned because of its high
side effects rate.
The families of three children who were given the vaccine between
1989 and 1991 had sued the government and Osaka University's Research
Institute for Microbial Diseases for a total 350 million yen in damages,
claiming that their children had developed aseptic meningitis as a
result.
The Osaka District Court stated that the institute produced the
vaccine via a method different from that submitted to the health
ministry and was the likely reason for the ensuing problems.
Presiding Judge Shinichi Yoshikawa ruled that vaccinations are
procedures "that the state actively carries out from the
perspective of protecting society."
He added that the government neglected its responsibility over
the supervision of vaccine manufacturers and for ensuring that they
follow the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
It is the first time that a court has ruled on a damages case
related to the vaccine, whose side effects have affected about 1,800
people nationwide.
The court ruled that the death of the son of a couple in Suita,
Osaka Prefecture, and the serious brain damage suffered by 13-year-old Hana Ueno, from Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, were caused by the MMR
vaccine.
It ruled, however, that the child of a couple in Hyogo Prefecture
died after contracting influenza.
Legal experts said that the ruling, which accorded the government
a hefty supervisory responsibility over vaccinations, could have a great
impact on future health administration and medicine-related lawsuits.
The Japan Times: March 14, 2003 (C) All rights reserved
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