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Vaccine Cases (PUBLISHED)

Year
Month
Deciding Official

Date FiledDeciding OfficialCase NameKeywords: Click here to download opinion
04/26/2013Special Master MoranI.D. V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [04-1593V]Damages; decision based on proffer; hepatitis B vaccine; chronic fatigue syndrome
04/08/2013Special Master MillmanDAVID A. BROWN V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-426V]Final Application for Attorneys' Fees and Costs; Reasonable Hours
03/25/2013Judge SweeneyCYNTHIA LA LONDE, parent of M.L., a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [06-435V]Vaccine Act; Motion for Review; DTaP Vaccine; Anaphylactic Reaction; Focal Brain Injury; Neurological Injuries; Althen; Causation-in-Fact; Consideration of Petitioner’s Affidavit; Expert Credibility; Consideration of Evidence Deemed Irrelevant
03/24/2013Special Master ZaneWILLIAM J. VOGLER V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [11-424V]Preapproval of Hourly Rate; Reasonable Hourly Rate; Expert Rate
03/21/2013Judge WieseCLAIRE BARNETTE, a minor, by her mother, KAREN BARNETTE, and her father, TIMOTHY BARNETTE V. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [06-868V]The special master’s conclusion that a vaccination was not a substantial factor in bringing about harm was not arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law where the special master employed the correct legal
03/01/2013Special Master VowellGABRIEL G. RODRIGUEZ, as administrator of the estate of, Giavanna Maria Rodriguez, for the benefit of Gabriel Gene Rodriguez and Jennifer Ann Rodriguez V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [06-559V]Attorneys' Fees and Costs; "Fees for Fees"; Law of the Case Doctrine; Federal Circuit Rule 47.7; Motions for Review of Fees and Costs Decisions
02/26/2013Judge WolskiKEITH and BEVERLY LANGLAND, on behalf of their daughter, [M.L.] V. SECRETARY OF HELATH AND HUMAN SERVICES [07-36V]Vaccine Act off-table case; Althen; DTaP; celiac disease; absence of plausible medical theory of causation; statements of treating physicians; document referenced in expert report as party admission
02/25/2013Judge MerowWALTER RAY GRAVES and LISA GRAVES as Representatives of the Estate of HAYLEY NICOLE GRAVES, deceased V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [02-1211V]Vaccine Act; application of statutory cap on pain, suffering and emotional distress in death case; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4); Youngblood v. Sec’y of HHS, 32 F.3d 552 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
02/22/2013Judge G. MillerKELLY ARANGO, Parent of, ISABELA OROZCO, a Minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-318V]National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34; DTaP Vaccine; Acute Encephalopathy; Seizures; 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(b)(2)(i)(E).
02/20/2013Special Master HastingsMILDRED LAWRENCE V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-435V]Vaccine Act Attorneys' Fees. Reasonable Basis for Claim.
02/15/2013Judge WheelerWILLIAM TAYLOR, parent of JOSEPH TAYLOR, a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES [05-1133V]Vaccine Act; Motion for Review of Special Master’s Decision; DTaP Vaccination; Infantile Spasms; Lack of Evidence of Causation; Althen Test.
02/04/2013Special Master HastingsJENNA BEAR, parent of McKenzie Bear, a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [11-362V]Vaccine Act Interim Fees and Costs
01/31/2013Special Master MoranDONALD R. MASIAS V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [99-697V]Attorneys' fees for appellate litigation; determination on remand
01/31/2013Special Master VowellJOHN AUSTIN and JUDY QUANT, parents of Crystal Austin, a minor V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [10-362V]Reasonable Basis to File and Maintain Claim; Reasonable Fees and Costs
01/31/2013Special Master HastingsTAMERA JEAN JOHNSTON V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [11-796V]Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine; Dismissal of Claim as Untimely; Equitable Tolling; Significant Aggravation
01/30/2013Special Master MoranDONALD R. MASIAS V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [99-697V]Attorneys' fees and costs, correction of clerical errors in fees judgment, RCFC 60(a)
01/29/2013Special Master ZaneJULIE ANDERSON V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [12-16V]Hepatitis B; multiple sclerosis; significant aggravation; dismissal; untimely petition; statute of limitations; equitable tolling
01/28/2013Judge G. MillerNATHAN HOUSE V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [99-406V]National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34; threefactor analysis under Althen v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs.
01/25/2013Judge HornLAKEYSHA ISAAC V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [08-601V]Motion for Review of Special Master’s Decision; National Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-1 et seq.;Standard of Review; Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine; Guillain-Barré Syndrome; Molecular Mimicry.
01/07/2013Special Master VowellTERESA FRESCO and ANTHONY FRESCO, as best friends of their son, DANIEL FRESCO, a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [06-469V]Autism; Causation in Fact; Expert Qualifications; OAP Test Case Theories; Misinterpretation of Records