Legal Opinion
Contreras v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 26, 2012No. 05-626 VPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Bush, Judge.
Now pending before the court is petitioner’s motion for review of the special master’s final decision, see Contreras v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., No. 05-626V, 2012 WL 1441315 (Fed.Cl.Spec.Mstr. Apr. 5, 2012),2 denying Jessie Contreras’s petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34 (2006) (the Vaccine Act).3 The principal questions before the court are whether, under precedent binding on this court, the special master was permitted to: (1) diagnose petitioner’s illness before proceeding to an…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Althen v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Andreu Ex Rel. Andreu v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- Rose Capizzano v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
- 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
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Isaac v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
- Contreras v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
- Graves ex rel. Estate of Graves v. Secretary of the Dept. of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
- Simanski ex rel. O.A.S. v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
- Stillwell v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
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