Legal Opinion
Figueroa Ex Rel. Estate of Figueroa v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 1, 2013No. 2012-5064PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Stephanie Vino Figueroa, widow of Man-ny Figueroa and personal representative of his estate, filed a petition under the Vaccine Act seeking compensation for vaccine-related injuries suffered by Mr. Figueroa. See National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34 (“Vaccine Act”). The special master dismissed Ms. Figueroa’s petition, reasoning that because Mr. Figueroa had died of pancreatic cancer, a non-vaccine-related cause, Ms. Figueroa lacked standing to file a petition for injury compensation. The…
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