Mojica v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

OPINION AND ORDER1

LETTOW, Judge.

Four years ago, this court affirmed a special master’s decision dismissing a vaccine claim by petitioners because the claim was filed several days after the applicable statute of limitations had expired. Mojica v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 79 Fed.Cl. 633 (2007), aff'd, 287 Fed.Appx. 103 (Fed.Cir.2008), cert. denied sub nom. Mojica v. Sebelius, - U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 2455, 174 *97L.Ed.2d 227 (2009). Petitioners’ failure to meet the filing deadline was attributable to errors by Federal Express, which twice lost their petition while transporting it to the…