Legal Opinion
Stone v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 26, 2012No. 18-2083PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
In separate proceedings, petitioners Jennifer and Gary Stone and petitioner Scott Hammitt sought compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for injuries to their children allegedly caused by the Diptheria-Tetanus- acellular Pertussis (“DTaP”) vaccine. The Stones alleged that the administration of the DTaP vaccine to their daughter Amelia was a substantial cause of a seizure disorder from which she suffers, known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (“SMEI”). 1 Mr. Hammitt made the same allegation with respect to his daughter Rachel, who also…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Moberly v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
- Debra Ann Knudsen, by Her Parents and Legal Guardians, Doris P. Knudsen and Dale Knudsen v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- June Shyface and Patricia Shyface, as Legal Representatives of the Estate of Cheyenne Michael Shyface v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- De Bazan v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by147 opinions
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- Deribeaux Ex Rel. Deribeaux v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2013
- Snyder v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2014
- Tompkins v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
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