Hodges v. Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services

PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

Edwin and Susan Hodges petitioned for compensation under the Vaccine Act1 on behalf of their daughter, Kara Hodges, who died within 3.5 hours of receiving a DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) vaccination. The Hodges appeal the Court of Federal Claims’2 (CFC’s) judgment, No. 90-551V (Jan. 24, 1992), which upholds the special master’s denial of compensation. We affirm.

Kara Hodges was born on December 2, 1982 and was a healthy baby. She received her first DPT shot on February 23, 1983 at around 2:45 pm. She had two screaming and crying episodes that afternoon; during the…