Legal Opinion
Rupert v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 24, 2003No. 99-774VPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MILLER, Judge.
Before the court after argument is respondent’s second motion for review of Special Master John F. Edwards’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs to petitioner. The special master set the hourly rates for counsel who prosecuted petitioner’s claim under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34 (2000) (the ‘Vaccine Act”). Respondent sought review of the original award of attorneys’ fees and paralegal fees. The United States Court of Federal Claims reviewed the special master’s decision and remanded the case, with instructions to…
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