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Vaccine Cases (PUBLISHED)

Year
Month
Deciding Official

Date FiledDeciding OfficialCase NameKeywords: Click here to download opinion
09/13/2012Judge AllegraELIZABETH SHAPIRO V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [99-552V]Vaccine case; Petition for review; Hepatitis-B vaccination; Standard of review; Hypothyroidism; Althen; Failure to establish causation; Failure to establish proximate temporal relationship between vaccine and autoimmune thyroid disease
08/23/2012Special Master LordKELLY ARANGO, Parent of ISABELA OROZCO, A Minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-318V]Entitlement;Table injury; encephalopathy; infantile spasms; diphtheria-tetanus-acellular-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine; haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) vaccine; inactivated poliovirus (IPV) vaccine; Prevnar (pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate) vaccine
08/15/2012Special Master Campbell-SmithANGEL GUILLOT and DALE GUILLOT, parents of JACOB GUILLOT, a minor child V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [03-775V]Autism; Motion for Relief from Judgment; Vaccine Rule 36; Rule 60(b)(1) and (b)(6)
08/07/2012Special Master Campbell-SmithMARK and MELANIE WAX, as the Parents and Natural Guardians of ANDREW WAX, a minor V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [03-2830V]Autism; Dismissal of Claim as Untimely; Doctrine of Equitable Tolling Not Applicable on these Facts
08/03/2012Special Master MoranWALTER RAY GRAVES and LISA GRAVES as representatives of the estate of HAYLEY NICOLE GRAVES, deceased V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [02-1211V]Damages, death case.
07/30/2012Special Master LordLAKEYSHA ISAAC V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [08-601V]Entitlement; Guillain-Barré Syndrome; molecular mimicry; tetanus-diphtheria vaccine
07/18/2012Special Master MoranJOSEPH MICHAEL D’ANGIOLINI V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [99-578V]Award of attorneys' fees and costs on an interim basis, amount not disputed
07/11/2012Special Master MoranMARILYN DAVIS V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [07-451V]attorneys' fees and costs, reasonable number of hours for appellate litigation, decision after remand
06/29/2012Judge LettowMARILYN DAVIS V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [07-451V]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 hold
06/26/2012Special Master MillmanNICOLE ELIZABETH DOW and PHILIP RYAN TUFTS, as Parents and Natural Guardians of ALEXIA GRACE TUFTS V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-801V]Attorneys’ Fees & Costs Decision;Guardianship Costs
06/22/2012Special Master MoranERIN SILVA V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [10-101V]Attorneys’ fees and costs; reasonable basis.
06/21/2012Special Master MillmanBETTY STUCKEY V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [11-484 V]Attorneys’ Fees & Costs Decision
06/12/2012Special Master VowellMICHELLE R. VANDERWEY, parent of HANS VANDERWEY, a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [03-2517V]Autism; Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
06/04/2012Judge G. MillerMADISON DERIBEAUX, a minor, by her parents and natural guardians, GUS DERIBEAUX and KIMBERLY BURSHIEM V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [05-306V]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
06/04/2012Judge WilliamsLISA WOODS and JASON FORD, as parents and natural guardians of CASON EUGENE FORD, a minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [10-377V]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.
05/25/2012Special Master LordKIMBERLY SEWELL V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [12-124V]Motion to dismiss; motion for summary judgment; six-month durational requirement; mootness; capable of repetition yet evading review; justiciability; jurisdiction; cure defective petition
05/25/2012Special Master HastingsLUVENIA L. ROBERTSON, Parent of, MARK J. BLAKES-ROBERTSON, a Minor V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [03-0814]Autism; Failure to Prosecute; Failure to Follow Court Orders; Dismissal
05/17/2012Special Master LordARTHUR W. ASKEW V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [10-767V]Motion to dismiss; motion for summary judgment; statute of limitations; equitable tolling; date of onset; manifestation of symptoms
05/08/2012Special Master LordBRANDON KENNEDY V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [09-474V]Entitlement; Acute Disseminating Encephalomyelitis; Tdap vaccine; Meningococcal vaccine
05/07/2012Special Master Campbell-SmithMIRCALE MORMAN V. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [10-814V]Motion to Compel; Seeking Compliance with Subpoena for Medical Records; Records Not Necessary for Claim Evaluation