Legal Opinion
Locane v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 12, 2012No. 2011-5131PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACH, Circuit Judge.
Ms. Jennifer Locane (“Ms. Locane”) filed a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (“Vaccine Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to - 34 (2006), alleging that she suffered Crohn’s disease as a direct result of hepatitis B vaccination. Special Master Christian J. Moran denied the claim, finding Ms. Locane’s disease began before her vaccination and finding that Ms. Locane failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the vaccine caused or significantly aggravated her disease. See Locane v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 99 Fed.Cl. 715…
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