Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 12, 2015No. 10-809VPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vaccine case; dispute over Althen prong two — logical sequence of cause and effect between the vaccinations and the injury; remand
OPINION AND ORDER 1
LETTOW, Judge.
Petitioners, Rebecca and Randall Whitney, on behalf of their son, S.W., seek review of a decision by a special master filed May 8, 2015, denying them an award under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-660, § 311, 100 Stat. 3743, 3755 (1986) (codified, as amended, at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34) (“Vaccine Act”). The Whitneys allege that the injection of their son with…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Moberly v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
- Andreu Ex Rel. Andreu v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- Rose Capizzano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Moriarty Ex Rel. Moriarty v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
- Valle Ex Rel. J v. v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
- Boatmon v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2018
- Harrington v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2018
- Whitney v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016