Matteini v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological

Michelle and Russell Matteini, on behalf of and as parents and natural guardians of Sierra Matteini, a minor, appeal a final administrative order denying their petition for benefits under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (“the Plan”), sections 766.301-.316, Florida Statutes (2006). In a final order, the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) determined that Sierra had not suffered a “birth-related neurological injury,” as the proof failed to “support the conclusion that, more likely than not, Sierra’s neurological impairment was the result of 'a brain or spinal cord…