Legal Opinion

Wilkerson v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided January 27, 2010No. 2009-5090PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the decision of the Court of Federal Claims that affirmed its Special Master’s rejection of a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (“Vaccine Act”) as untimely. We affirm.

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Otto Wilkerson, the son of the appellant Mary Darin Wilkerson, was born on May 30, 1997. He received his first vaccination on that date and by September 1998 had had multiple vaccinations.

By the end of 1999, Wilkerson had begun receiving complaints about Otto’s misbehavior and his relationships with other people, including children. Otto…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Michael and Melissa Markovich, Parents of Ashlyn M. Markovich v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
  2. Setnes ex rel. Setnes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2003

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cloer v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011
  2. Carson v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2013
  3. Griglock v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2012
  4. Cloer v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  5. Carson v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2013

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