Legal Opinion
Hokkanen ex rel. Hokkanen v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided September 8, 2010No. 03-1753VPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*301OPINION and ORDER
BLOCK, Judge.
This opinion revolves around the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Cloer v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 603 F.3d 1341 (Fed.Cir.2010), and respondent’s pending petition therein for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. For the reasons explained below, the court orders a stay of all proceedings in this matter, pending final appellate action in Cloer.
Petitioners, Tim and Nancy Hokkanen, allege that their minor child, Andrew, developed autism spectrum disorder (“autism”) as a result of one or more childhood vaccinations. On July 23, 2003, petitioners…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Lisa Munn, Personal Representative of the Estate of Chelsea Vukelich v. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. The United States, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- Michael and Melissa Markovich, Parents of Ashlyn M. Markovich v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
- Cloer v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dillenbeck v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2020
- Galvan v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2021