Legal Opinion
Turner v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided November 3, 2000No. 90-3409 VPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAMICH, Judge.
Petitioners Robert Lee and Sandra Kay Turner, the parents and legal representatives of Robert Cleveland (“Bobby”) Turner, have filed a petition for review of a decision dated May 30, 2000, by the Office of Special Masters denying compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l et seq. (“Vaccine Act”). The Special Master found that the Petitioners failed to prove that post-vaccinal symptoms other than seizures were neurologically significant for Petitioners to impeach the Respondent’s evidence that tubular sclerosis…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Melissa Hines, on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, Amber Sevier v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Alisa Bradley and Ronald Bradley, Parents and Next Friends of Rachel Bradley v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Hanlon v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
- Costa v. Secretary of Department of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Claims · 1992
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gardner-Cook v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2003
- Robert Lee Turner and Sandra Kay Turner, as Legal Representatives on Behalf of Robert Cleveland Turner v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Veronica Flanagan, as Parent and Next Friend of Ashley Flanagan v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Turner v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Flores ex rel. Perez v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002