Legal Opinion
Curran v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 3, 2017No. 15-804VPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vaccine Act; Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Reasonable Basis for Filing Petition; Affirmed in Part; Remanded in Part
OPINION AFFIRMING IN PART AND REMANDING IN PART
FIRESTONE, Senior Judge.
This case comes before the court on petitioner Jeff Curran’s motion to review the decision of Special Master Corcoran to award only a portion of the attorneys’ fees and costs petitioner had sought in relation to his petition filed under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (“Vaccine Act”). The Special Master found that after a certain date, petitioner no longer had a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- 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
- Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1992
- Carl J. Perreira and Christina J. Perreira, Parents and Next Friend of Carly C. Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Melissa Hines, on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Amber Sevier v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Chuisano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Cottingham v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- Bussa v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2019
- Crowding v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2019
- Dasilva v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2020
- Fieselman v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
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