Legal Opinion
Wittner ex rel. Wittner v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 26, 1999No. 90-3425VPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEROW, Judge.
This vaccine case is before the court on petitioner’s motion for review of the special master’s decision denying compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa-1 to 300aa-34 (1994) (Vaccine Act), for injuries sustained by Brian Christopher Wittner. The special master determined that petitioner, Nicholas Wittner (Brian’s father), failed to prove under the Table or non-table method that diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccinations caused or significantly aggravated Brian’s encephalopathy and seizure disorder. Wittner v. Secretary of Dep’t of…
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