Carter v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

This vaccine case comes before the court on a motion to review filed by the petitioner, Susan Carter, on July 26, 1990, pursuant to Appendix J, RUSCC. Susan Carter brought an action to recover compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as amended at 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 300aa-l to -34 (West Supp.1990) (the Act), for a condition — juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) — that she alleges resulted from a rubella vaccination that she received as a child. Special Master Paul Baird held an evidentiary hearing in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 10 and 11,…