Legal Opinion
Shelly Wiggins and Michael Wiggins v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 27, 1990No. 89-1615PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal of the decision of the United States Claims Court, Wiggins v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, 17 Cl.Ct. 551 (1989), requires interpretation of certain provisions of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 et seq.
The facts are not in dispute. Michael Wiggins was born in 1981, and in 1982 the family physician inoculated Michael with DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) vaccine, the second of a series of three injections. The vaccine was manufactured by the Michigan Department of Public Health.
Michael…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wiggins ex rel. Wiggins v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Claims · 1989
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- Jeffrey Massing v. The Secretary Of The Department Of Health And Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Greider v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Claims · 1991
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