Legal Opinion
Walther v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided December 8, 2005No. 00-426VPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FIRESTONE, Judge.
This National Childhood Vaccine Injury .Act (‘'Vaccine Act” or “Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to ~34 (2000), matter is before the court on the petitioner’s, Patricia Ann D. Walther (“petitioner”), Motion for Review of the July 29, 2005 decision by Special Master John F. Edwards. The special master denied relief on the grounds that the petitioner had failed to satisfy her burden of proof that a diphtheria-tetanus (“Td”) vaccination she received on July 31, 1997 caused her to develop a “post vaccinal encephalomyelitis,” in the form of acute disseminate encephalo-myelitis…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Debra Ann Knudsen, by Her Parents and Legal Guardians, Doris P. Knudsen and Dale Knudsen v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Carl J. Perreira and Christina J. Perreira, Parents and Next Friend of Carly C. Perreira v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- John Hanlon and Ruth Ann Hanlon, Parents and Next Friends of Michael Hanlon v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- Waleryszak v. Secretary of the Department Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
3Cited by3 opinions
- Campbell v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
- Walther v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
- Spates v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007