The woman in her late 20s received the first dose of the MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella in 1994 and the second dose in 2005. In 2007, she was diagnosed with MS. She is disabled today.
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After being rejected by the Norwegian Patient Injury Compensation in 2017, the woman appealed the decision to the Patient Injury Committee, which in 2019 came to the same conclusion. The tribunal’s reason for the refusal was that it had taken too long from the vaccination to the symptoms for there to be a connection. The woman then sued the state before the Patient Injury Committee.
“The court has concluded that there are no other more probable causes for the plaintiff’s MS disorder than the MMR vaccine. The plaintiff is therefore entitled to compensation under the Patient Injuries Act section 3 second paragraph “, it is stated in the judgment.
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The size of the compensation was not an issue in the trial, only the state’s possible liability. In addition to having won with the claim for compensation, the woman has been awarded legal costs of just over NOK 620,000.
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