Legal Opinion
Hammitt ex rel. Hammitt v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided July 8, 2011No. 07-170VPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WHEELER, Judge.
• This case is before the Court for review of the Special Master’s March 4, 2011 decision on remand denying compensation to Scott R. Hammitt, on behalf of his daughter, Rachel Hammitt, under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34 (“the Vaccine Act”). Mr. Hammitt claims that Rachel’s DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) vaccination caused her to develop an acute seizure disorder known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (“SMEI”). Respondent contends, and the Special Master found, that a genetic…
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