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Vaccine Cases (PUBLISHED)

Year
Month
Deciding Official

Date FiledDeciding OfficialCase NameKeywords: Click here to download opinion
10/30/2009Special Master MillmanPATRICIA RODRIGUEZ, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (99-307V)Entitlement; Hepatitis B vaccination;one- or three-month onset vs. two-year onset; relapsing/remitting MS
10/29/2009Special Master GolkiewiczJOHN STAVRIDIS, parent of WILLIAM STAVRIDIS, a minor, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (07-261V)Six-month residual effects rule;Surgical intervention; DTaP autoimmune hemolytic anemia
10/26/2009Judge LettowFRANCES CAMPBELL vs. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (07-465V)Vaccine case; off-Table claim stemming from rheumatoid arthritis allegedly caused by trivalent influenza vaccine; required elements of proof; causation
10/23/2009Special Master MillmanJOHN and JANE DOE/51, as the Legal Representatives of their minor child, BABY DOE, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, [redacted]VEntitlement; no logical sequence of cause and effect between a transient encephalopathy and failure to thrive, speech delay,fine motor delay, and social integration problems
10/20/2009Special Master LordCHAD EMKEY, by FRANK EMKEY and MAILENE EMKEY v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (08-160V)Statute of limitations; Markovich;Autism Spectrum Disorder;Significant Aggravation Claim
10/07/2009Special Master MoranSHEMEKA N. RAMSEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of DEMARIUS JAMAR RAMSEY, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (07-21V)Attorneys’ fees and costs; reasonable hourly rates; attorney with no experience in Vaccine Program
10/06/2009Special Master MoranESTHER HALL, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (02-1052V)attorneys’ fees and costs,Laffey matrix rates, compensating multiple experts, reasonable number of hours for attorney
10/05/2009Special Master Campbell-SmithBARBARA MURRAY, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (99-545V)Proof of Entitlement to Compensation; Pre-Existing Thyroiditis; Series of Hepatitis B Vaccinations; Developed AZOOR; Later Developed Addison’s Disease
10/01/2009Special Master MoranTRACY D. COOK, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (07-331V)Stipulation, influenza (flu)vaccine,acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
09/30/2009Judge BradenONELIA VALDES, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (99-310V)Attorney Fees; National Childhood Vaccine Act,42 U.S.C. § 300-aa-1 et seq.; Motion For Review;RCFC App. J, Rule 24
09/29/2009Special Master MillmanMICHAEL PATRICK RILEY, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (08-26V)Entitlement: influenza vaccine; eight days later, Guillain-Barré syndrome; respondent asks for ruling on the record
09/29/2009Special Master Campbell-SmithMICHAEL STEPHEN SHAW, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (01-707V)Denial of Motion for Reconsideration
09/28/2009Special Master HastingsFRED KING and MYLINDA KING, parents of Jordan King, a minor, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (03-584V)Vaccine Act Interim Costs; Fees for Omnibus Proceedings
09/28/2009Special Master MillmanCYNTHIA LILLEY, Parent of ROBERT LILLEY, a minor, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (09-31V)Entitlement: hepatitis B vaccine;six weeks later, transverse myelitis; respondent asks for ruling on the record
09/25/2009Special Master MillmanJOHN DOE/47 v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ([redacted]V)Dismissal; Zostavax or shingles vaccine is not on the Vaccine Injury Table; no subject matter jurisdiction
09/22/2009Special Master MillmanJOHN DOE/46 v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESDamages decision based on stipulation; Postvaccinal neuritis after Trivalent influenza vaccination.
09/21/2009Special Master GolkiewiczNANCY CHRISTOPHER, Individually and as Next friend of KAYLA KARINA CHRISTOPHER, a Minor, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (04-863V)Attorney’s Fees and Costs;Statute of Limitations
09/03/2009Special Master LordCHAD EMKEY, by FRANK EMKEY and MAILENE EMKEY v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (08-160V)Statute of limitations; Markovich;Autism spectrum disorder
09/02/2009Judge FirestoneCLAUDIA ROTOLI, ET AL., v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES, (No. 99-644V, No. 99-631V, No. 99-660V, No. 99-639V, and No. 01-307V)Hepatitis B Vaccine; Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH); Causation-in-Fact; Credibility Determinations Under Andreu; Medical Theory; Appropriate Temporal Relationship; Alternative Causation
09/02/2009Special Master AbellASHLY WHITENER, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (06-0477V)Meningococcal Vaccine, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Transverse Myelitis, Expert's Personal Credibility vis-à-vis Persuasiveness of Expert Testimony, Althen Prongs 1 and 2