Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 12, 2016No. 13-825VPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vaccine Act; Attorneys’ Fees and. Costs; Reasonable Basis for Filing Petition
OPINION REVERSING AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS
FIRESTONE, Senior Judge.
This case comes before the court on the government’s motion for review of Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman’s decision to award $8,267.89 in attorney’s fees and costs to Ronald C. Homer (“counsel”), who filed a petition under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34. (the “Vaccine Act”) on behalf of his client, petitioner Henry Simmons (“petitioner”). The petition alleged that Mr. Simmons had suffered a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Melissa Hines, on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Amber Sevier v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Chuisano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
- McKellar v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
- Grice v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1996
- Silva v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2012
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by40 opinions
- Simmons v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2017
- Carter v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- Cottingham v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- Curran v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- Spahn v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
35 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.