Q: I'm a survivor of Thalidomide born in 1962
and was born with my left leg being shorter than the right leg by 1/8 inch at birth. and I have paid for this every single day of my life and will until my death. I found out that In 2014 there was a new ruling on the case for the survivors of this drug. And I was tod that because I didn't contact the appropriate channels that I am not entitled to be compensated for my life long injury due to the drug given to my mother. PLEASE explain to me just how the limitations can be dismissed on this pertaining to my life when I have not committed any crime giving a state the right to end my life. And other than that ONLY GOD has the limitations on when my life will end. But the attorneys and courts have already decided that my time on earth is mute and may as well be considering me to be dead.... While I pay every single day until my death. When in fact my limitations have not ended until then.... WHERE'S MY JUSTICE?
A: Have you contacted a lawyer? Try contacting a law firm that specialized in Thalidomide (you do not need to restrict your search to firms in Colorado). I do not think that the statute of limitations has run on your claim, but check with an attorney who has knowledge of Thalidomide litigation (this is not a common claim for most attorneys).
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The problem is that for any product there is a statute of limitations. Whether here, in the UK, inGermany, you certainly were aware of your problem because most of the deformities were of the 1:1,000,000 variety--sometimes called a "fingerprint abnormality" meaning one look and someone would have said "did your mum take thalidomide?"
At age 18 if not before you should have contacted one of the groups dealing with the national compensation programs.
Yes, in manhy cases statutes of limitation are unjust but deal with what is and focus your energies on seeing if there are any programs still or at least national sources of rehabilitiative or medical or health insurance assistance.
I suggest you contact Robbins, Zellle in Minneapolis to see if they know if anyone is handling these cases.
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