Legal Opinion
Ashe-Cline v. Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 29, 1993No. 90-1823VPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WEINSTEIN, Judge.
Respondent’s motion for review raises a significant issue: whether the special master may order the payment of attorneys’ fees and costs to a petitioner who was found to be ineligible for an award of compensation for vaccine-related injuries under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Program), Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3743, 3758 (the Act or the Vaccine Act) (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-l to 300aa-341 (1988 & Supp. III 1991)), when the petitioner has not made an “election ... to…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Holihan v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
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