Legal Opinion
Woods v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 4, 2012No. 10-377VPublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Judge.
This vaccine injury case comes before the Court on Respondent’s motion for review of an award of interim fees after Petitioners’ counsel withdrew from this action due to irreconcilable differences with their clients.
Respondent contests two aspects of the Special Master’s fee award — the Special Master’s authority to award interim fees where there has been neither a compensation award nor entry of judgment and the Special Master’s finding that there was a.reasonable basis for Petitioners’ claim. Based on recent Federal Circuit precedent, it is clear that the Special…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Avera v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
- Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Carl J. Perreira and Christina J. Perreira, Parents and Next Friend of Carly C. Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Lisa Munn, Personal Representative of the Estate of Chelsea Vukelich v. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by104 opinions
- Chuisano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
- Rehn v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
- Carter v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- D'Angiolini v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
- Stillwell v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
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