Legal Opinion
Rich v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided December 1, 2016No. 12-742VPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Keywords: Vaccine Act; Contemporaneous Medical Records; Althen Test; Arbitrary and Capricious.
OPINION AND ORDER
KAPLAN, Judge.
This ease is before the Court on Petitioner Sydney Rich’s motion to review the special master’s decision denying compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (Vaccine Act). Ms. Rich alleged that an influenza vaccination caused her to develop acute disseminated encephalomyopathy (ADEM). 1 On June 30, 2016, a special master denied compensation, concluding that Ms. Rich failed to demonstrate that the vaccination caused…
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- Broekelschen v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
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