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

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

Pending before the court is petitioners Chandria and Lonnie Finley’s motion, on behalf of their son Dylon, for review of Special Master Millman’s May 29, 2002 decision dismissing their petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300 aa-10-aa-23 (‘Vaccine Act” or “Act”). Petitioners argue that the special master erred when she found that the vaccine did not cause Dylon’s epilepsy. Defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services (“government”) argues in response that the Special Master’s decision that the vaccine did not…