Legal Opinion

Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided October 30, 1992No. 90-847VPublishedCited by 825 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

HARKINS, Senior Judge.

Petitioners, the parents of Carly C. Perreira, seek review in the United States Claims Court under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), of a special master’s decision that partially denied petitioners’ application for attorneys’ fees and costs.1

In prior proceedings, the special master, in a bench ruling on May 2, 1991, had denied petitioners’ claim for compensation because of a failure to prove by a preponderance of the evidence an off-Table significant aggravation case. Carly had her first seizure on May 25, 1982, after her second DTP2…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Melissa Hines, on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Amber Sevier v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  2. Wasson v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Claims · 1991
  3. Lisa Munn, Personal Representative of the Estate of Chelsea Vukelich v. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
  4. Del Mar Avionics, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Quinton Instrument Co., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
  5. Fehrs v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980

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3Cited by825 opinions

  1. 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
  2. Savin v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2008
  3. Carl J. Perreira and Christina J. Perreira, Parents and Next Friend of Carly C. Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
  4. Chuisano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
  5. Guy v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997

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