Legal Opinion

Scharfenberger v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided December 4, 2015No. 11-221VPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e); Attorney’s Fees and Costs; Forum Rate; Expert Fees; Award of Fees and Costs Associated with Motion for Review.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This vaccine injury case comes before the Court on Petitioner’s Motion for Review of the Special Master’s decision reducing Petitioner’s requested attorney’s fees and costs from $103,153.01 to $79,213.71. Scharfenber-ger v. Sec’y of Health & Human Seros., No. 11-221V, 2015 WL 3526559 (Fed.Cl. Spec.Mstr. May 15, 2015) (“SM Op.”). The Court affirms the decision of the Special Master. In addition, the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Nathaniel Saxton, by and Through His Legal Representatives, Steven and Candace Saxton v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
  4. Avera v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
  5. Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Auch v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
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  4. Dezern v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
  5. Dominguez v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2018

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