Legal Opinion

Nuttall v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided August 19, 2015No. 07-810VPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Childhood Degenerative Disorder; Deference to Credibility Determination; Vaccine; Table Injury; Encephalitis; Expert Testimony; Treating Physician; Encephalitis

OPINION DENYING PETITIONERS’ MOTION FOR REVIEW

FIRESTONE, Judge.

Pending before the court is the motion of petitioners Peter and Cherie Nuttall, on behalf of their son N.N., for review of the special master’s decision deny compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300a-l to -34 (“the Vaccine Act”), as amended.

N.N. suffers a severe neurological disorder diagnosed as childhood disintegrative…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
  2. Moberly v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  3. Andreu Ex Rel. Andreu v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
  4. Rose Capizzano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
  5. De Bazan v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Waterman v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
  2. Anderson Ex Rel. R.A. v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
  3. Abbott v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2020
  4. Anderson v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
  5. Durham v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2023

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