Graves ex rel. Estate of Graves v. Secretary of the Dept. of Health & Human Services

Merow, Senior Judge.

Vaccine Act; application of statutory cap on pain, suffering and emotional distress in death ease; 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4); Youngblood v. Sec’y of HHS, 32 F.3d 552 (Fed.Cir.1994).

OPINION AND ORDER

For the death of their infant daughter Hayley Nicole Graves (Hayley), Walter and Lisa Graves, as representatives of Hayley’s Estate (petitioners), seek compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (the Vaccine Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to 300aa-34 (2006). Hayley began having seizures two days after her Prev-nar 1vaccination on August 8, 2000. Upon…