Legal Opinion
Vessels v. Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 1, 2005No. 02-182VPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WOLSKI, Judge.
Respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has appealed the decision of Special Master Millman to reinstate, under Vaccine Rule (‘VR”) 36, the petition of William and Shannon Vessels. This petition seeks compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 — 300aa-34 (2000) (“the Vaccine Act”). For the reasons that follow, the decision of the Special Master is VACATED, and the petitioners’ motion for relief from judgment is DENIED.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 11, 2002, the petitioners filed a petition in this Court…
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