Legal Opinion
Zatuchni v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 12, 2008No. 2007-5034PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COTE, District Judge.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (“government”) appeals the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims awarding petitioner-appellee Dory Zatuchni (“Zatuchni”) (in her capacity as executrix of the estate of E. Barbara Snyder (“Snyder”)) $804,323.90 under the National Vaccine Compensation Program (“Program”). Zatuchni v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 73 Fed.Cl. 451 (2006). The government concedes that $250,000 was properly awarded as a death benefit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(2), but asserts that the remaining $554,323.90, representing compensation…
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