Legal Opinion
Goetz v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 25, 2001No. 00-5019PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case, Petitioners Andrew and Catherine Goetz (the Goetzes) filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34 (1994) (Vaccine Act), more than two years after the statute of limitations had run. The special master assigned to the ease dismissed the petition as untimely, determining that the Goetzes were not entitled to equitáble tolling of the statutory time limitation because they had failed to act with due diligence in pursuing their claim. The Court of Federal Claims affirmed the special master’s…
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- Goetz v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
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