Legal Opinion
Guerrero v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided March 19, 2015No. 12-689VPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
National Vaccine Injury Act; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e); Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Inadequate Explanation of Fee Reduction; Remand.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Judge.
This vaccine injury ease comes before the Court on Petitioner’s Motion for Review of the Special Master’s decision reducing Petitioner’s award of attorneys’ fees from $38,114 to $25,535.90. Because the Special Master reduced compensable hours by one-third without adequate explanation, the Court remands this matter. 2
Background
On October 11, 2012, Petitioner Amanda Guerrero filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Act, alleging that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Fox v. ViceSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Nathaniel Saxton, by and Through His Legal Representatives, Steven and Candace Saxton v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Avera v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
- Broekelschen v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Raymo v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
- Guerrero v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
- Al-Uffi v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
- Auch v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
- Coiro-Lorusso v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2018
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