Head v. Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services

OPINION

ANDEWELT, Judge.

In this action, petitioner, Cynthia Head, seeks compensation under the National *547Childhood Vaccine Compensation Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-l et seq. (the Vaccine Act), for injuries sustained by her daughter, Janet Riehs. Petitioner brings this action in her capacity as the representative of the estate of her daughter.1 Petitioner alleges that as a result of a DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) vaccination administered on August 24, 1977, Janet Riehs became encephalopathic and comatose, and remained in such a condition until her death in November 1989. In a…