U.S. Court of Federal Claims Opinions
Updated: 10 months 2 weeks ago
Filed 06/29/2012
Review of special master’s decision regarding an award of attorneys’ fees and costs in a vaccine case; reasonable basis for appeal of decision on entitlement; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e); reductions in allowable attorneys’ hours; viability of alternative holding regarding attorneys’ fees on appeal; costs for the appeal. Signed by Judge Lettow.
Filed 06/26/2012
Attorneys’ Fees & Costs Decision;Guardianship Costs. Signed by Special Master Millman.
Filed 06/22/2012
Attorneys’ fees and costs; reasonable basis.. Signed by Special Master Moran.
Filed 06/21/2012
Attorneys’ Fees & Costs Decision. Signed by Special Master Millman.
Filed 06/12/2012
Autism; Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. Signed by Special Master Vowell.
Filed 06/04/2012
Petition for Review; National Vaccine Injury Act; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(e); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-21(a); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d); Interim Fee Award; Reasonable Basis for Vaccine Act Claim for Compensation.. Signed by Judge Williams.
Filed 06/04/2012
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34; DTaP vaccine; SCN1A genetic mutation; Dravet’s Syndrome; alternative causation; sole substantial factor unrelated to the vaccine; Restatement (Second) of Torts; Althen v. Secretary of Health & Human Services, 418 F.3d 1274 (Fed. Cir. 2005); Shyface v. Secretary of Health & Human Services, 165 F.3d 1344 (Fed. Cir. 1999).. Signed by Judge G. Miller.
Filed 05/25/2012
Autism; Failure to Prosecute; Failure to Follow Court Orders; Dismissal. Signed by Special Master Hastings.
Filed 05/25/2012
Motion to dismiss; motion for summary judgment; six-month durational requirement; mootness; capable of repetition yet evading review; justiciability; jurisdiction;
cure defective petition. Signed by Special Master Lord.
Filed 05/17/2012
Motion to dismiss; motion for summary judgment; statute of limitations; equitable tolling; date of onset; manifestation of symptoms. Signed by Special Master Lord.
Filed 05/08/2012
Entitlement; Acute Disseminating Encephalomyelitis; Tdap vaccine; Meningococcal vaccine. Signed by Special Master Lord.
Filed 05/07/2012
Motion to Compel; Seeking Compliance with Subpoena for Medical Records; Records Not Necessary for Claim Evaluation. Signed by Special Master Campbell-Smith.
Filed 04/30/2012
Attorneys’ Fees & Costs Decision; Reasonable Hours Expended; Travel Time; Reasonable Guardianship Costs; Block Billing. Signed by Special Master Millman.
Filed 04/24/2012
Motion to Dismiss; Human Papillomavirus Vaccine; Alleged In Utero Injury. Signed by Special Master Campbell-Smith.
Filed 04/20/2012
Vaccine case; Petition for mandamus to review order by special master denying discovery; Availability of mandamus to review discovery orders; Petition denied.. Signed by Judge Allegra.
Filed 04/18/2012
Attorneys' Fees and Costs; Varicella Vaccination; Seizure Disorder; Reasonable Basis for Claim. Signed by Special Master Campbell-Smith.
Filed 04/18/2012
Vaccine case; off-Table claim stemming from neurological damage allegedly caused or aggravated by administration of MMR, varicella, and Prevnar vaccines to a child with a genetic mitochrondrial defect; differentiation of claims asserting an aggravation of a pre-existing condition from claims asserting the manifestation of a new injury; Althen causation framework; propriety of admitting trial testimony from an unrelated vaccine case. Signed by Judge Lettow.
Filed 04/17/2012
Damages, quantifying emotional distress endured before death. Signed by Special Master Moran.
Filed 04/05/2012
hepatitis B vaccine, transverse myelitis, one day onset. Signed by Special Master Moran.
Filed 03/30/2012
Attorneys' fees, reasonable basis, vaccine not covered. Signed by Special Master Moran.
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