Legal Opinion
Hazlehurst v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 13, 2010No. 09-5128.pdfPublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This is one of a large number of cases involving claims for compensation on behalf of autistic children whose condition is alleged to have been caused by childhood vaccinations. In this case, Rolf and Angela Hazlehurst filed a claim for their son, Yates Hazlehurst, seeking compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (“the Vaccine Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34. The Hazlehursts alleged that the measles, mumps, and rubella (“MMR”) vaccine, which was administered to Yates shortly before his first birthday, caused him to develop regressive…
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