Gardasil Vaccine Caused Cancer That Killed 22-Year-Old, Lawsuit Alleges

The mother of a young woman who died of cervical cancer after receiving the Gardasil…

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The mother of a young woman who died of cervical cancer after receiving the Gardasil vaccine is suing the vaccine’s manufacturer, Merck.

Wisner Baum attorneys filed the complaint on behalf of Erin Ferguson, whose daughter Haley died at age 22.

The lawsuit alleges Merck falsely promoted Gardasil as a vaccine for cancer prevention and neglected to warn patients about the vaccine’s severe risks. The plaintiffs are seeking punitive damages.

The wrongful death lawsuit joins more than 182 other cases against Merck, consolidated in the federal Gardasil multidistrict litigation in North Carolina.

‘I do not want to die at such a young age’

When Haley was 13, she received the first of three Gardasil shots. Following the injections, she began to experience abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, vomiting, abnormal bleeding and heavy periods, among other side effects.

When she was 18, doctors diagnosed Haley with metastatic cervical cancer/adenocarcinoma of the cervix. She underwent salpingectomy and bilateral ovarian transposition surgery.

Doctors also treated her cancer with chemotherapy and radiation. However, Haley’s cervical cancer continued to progress, spreading to her liver, skin, uterus and eventually lymph node metastases.

After each new tumor appeared in a different organ, Haley underwent various forms of chemotherapy and combinations of treatments, along with stronger rounds of radiation.

She endured excruciating pain, lost her hair and developed severe skin irritation. She required oxycodone and morphine to manage the pain.

On May 22, 2023, Haley died of metastatic cervical cancer/adenocarcinoma. Her mother maintains that her daughter’s Gardasil injections were responsible for causing the development of cervical cancer…