The lawsuit, opens new tab, filed in Louisiana federal court, alleges that the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) violates the 5th and 7th amendments of the U.S. Constitution by failing to provide "basic due process protections, transparency, and judicial oversight."

The forum "is the equivalent of a black hole," plaintiffs lawyer Aaron Siri, a name partner at New York-founded Siri & Glimstad, told me.