Legal Opinion
Moberly v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 13, 2010No. 2009-5057PublishedCited by 688 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This Vaccine Act case presents the question whether a child’s seizure disorder was shown to have been caused by a vaccination. The special master found that the petitioners failed to establish causation, and the Court of Federal Claims upheld that finding. We affirm.
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Molly Moberly was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 17, 1996. On July 17, 1996, she received her first set of vaccinations, including her first Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (“DPT”) vaccination, with no apparent ill effects. Two months later, on September 17, 1996, Molly received her second DPT vaccination.
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