Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 7, 2017No. 2017-1405PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Prost, Chief Judge.
Appellant Henry Simmons appeals the decision of the Court of Federal Claims (“Claims Court”), Simmons v. Sec’y of HHS, 128 Fed.Cl. 579 (2016) (“Claims Court Decision”), denying attorneys’ fees and costs for his vaccine case. Because the Claims Court properly concluded that there was no reasonable basis for Mr. Simmons’s claim, we affirm.
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Mr. Simmons first contacted counsel in August 2011, claiming that he developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”) as a result of his October 26, 2010 flu vaccination. He provided his vaccination record to counsel and counsel agreed to…
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