[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46354-46355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18381]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; List of Petitions 
Received

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Program (``the Program''), as required by Section 
2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services is named as the respondent 
in all proceedings brought by the filing of petitions for compensation 
under the Program, the United States Court of Federal Claims is charged 
by statute with responsibility for considering and acting upon the 
petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about requirements for 
filing petitions, and the Program in general, contact the Clerk, United 
States Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison Place, NW., Washington, DC 
20005, (202) 357-6400. For information on HRSA's role in the Program, 
contact the Director, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-26, Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443-6593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Program provides a system of no-fault 
compensation for certain individuals who have been injured by specified 
childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 
300aa-10 et seq., provides that those seeking compensation are to file 
a petition with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to serve a copy of 
the petition on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is 
named as the respondent in each proceeding. The Secretary has delegated 
her responsibility under the Program to HRSA. The Court is directed by 
statute to appoint special masters who take evidence, conduct hearings 
as appropriate, and make initial decisions as to eligibility for, and 
amount of, compensation.
    A petition may be filed with respect to injuries, disabilities, 
illnesses, conditions, and deaths resulting from vaccines described in 
the Vaccine Injury Table (the Table) set forth at Section 2114 of the 
PHS Act or as set forth at 42 CFR 100.3, as applicable. This Table

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lists for each covered childhood vaccine the conditions which may lead 
to compensation and, for each condition, the time period for occurrence 
of the first symptom or manifestation of onset or of significant 
aggravation after vaccine administration. Compensation may also be 
awarded for conditions not listed in the Table and for conditions that 
are manifested outside the time periods specified in the Table, but 
only if the petitioner shows that the condition was caused by one of 
the listed vaccines.
    Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa-12(b)(2), 
requires that ``[w]ithin 30 days after the Secretary receives service 
of any petition filed under section 2111 the Secretary shall publish 
notice of such petition in the Federal Register.'' Set forth below is a 
list of petitions received by HRSA on June 3, 2013, through June 28, 
2013. This list provides the name of petitioner, city and state of 
vaccination (if unknown then city and state of person or attorney 
filing claim), and case number. In cases where the Court has redacted 
the name of a petitioner and/or the case number, the list reflects such 
redaction.
    Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that the special master ``shall 
afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit relevant, 
written information'' relating to the following:
    1. The existence of evidence ``that there is not a preponderance of 
the evidence that the illness, disability, injury, condition, or death 
described in the petition is due to factors unrelated to the 
administration of the vaccine described in the petition,'' and
    2. Any allegation in a petition that the petitioner either:
    (a) ``Sustained, or had significantly aggravated, any illness, 
disability, injury, or condition not set forth in the Table but which 
was caused by'' one of the vaccines referred to in the Table, or
    (b) ``Sustained, or had significantly aggravated, any illness, 
disability, injury, or condition set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table 
the first symptom or manifestation of the onset or significant 
aggravation of which did not occur within the time period set forth in 
the Table but which was caused by a vaccine'' referred to in the Table.
    In accordance with Section 2112(b)(2), all interested persons may 
submit written information relevant to the issues described above in 
the case of the petitions listed below. Any person choosing to do so 
should file an original and three (3) copies of the information with 
the Clerk of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims at the address listed 
above (under the heading ``For Further Information Contact''), with a 
copy to HRSA addressed to Director, Division of Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program, Healthcare Systems Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 11C-26, Rockville, Maryland 20857. The Court's caption 
(Petitioner's Name v. Secretary of Health and Human Services) and the 
docket number assigned to the petition should be used as the caption 
for the written submission. Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
related to paperwork reduction, does not apply to information required 
for purposes of carrying out the Program.

    Dated: July 25, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Lauren Genshaft, Woodbury, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0370V
2. Shelly Crane-McDonald, Cary, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0371V
3. Michael Berglund, Huntington, Vermont, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0372V
4. Katherine Brooks, Indianapolis, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0373V
5. Matthias and Annika Nikolakopulos on behalf of A.N., Torrance, 
California, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0374V
6. Joseph A. Gomes, M.D., New York, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0375V
7. William Oberle, Brimley, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0381V
8. Karen G. Schmidt, Post Falls, Idaho, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0382V
9. David Tomaso, Des Plaines, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0387V
10. Amaryllis R. Munoz-Colon, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0388V
11. Elizabeth Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0389V
12. Lori L. Sweeney on behalf of Luella A. Garlanger, Deceased, St. 
Joseph, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0392V
13. Katelin B. Arnold, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0395V
14. Jasmin Rost, Haworth, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0397V
15. Aaron P. Wyatt on behalf of J. A. W., Fairhope, Alabama, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0398V
16. Kenneth R. McClelland, Fresno, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0399V
17. Merit Adams on behalf of Gwendolyn D. Adams, Deceased, Phenix City, 
Alabama, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0400V
18. Nancy Skow on behalf of Avery Skow, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0405V
19. Dalan and Elizabeth Dahl on behalf of Lexi Dahl, Deceased, Mesa, 
Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0409V
20. Robert L. Pirrello, Greenwich, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0411V
21. John and Debra Dwornikoski on behalf of Hanna Dwornikoski, 
Columbia, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0412V
22. Patricia Egroff, Jamestown, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0415V
23. Christina Corrigan, Concord Township, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-416V
24. Irene and Allen Rayner on behalf of K.R., Boston, Massachusetts, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0417V
25. Carol Dorn on behalf of Haley Dorn, Auburn, Alabama, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0420V
26. Lorena Mora on behalf of Genesis Grace Mora, Baldwin Park, 
California, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0421V
27. Sean and Kelly Vanyo on behalf of Carson Vanyo, Greensburg, 
Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0422V
28. Lora Anne Zimmer, Reno, Nevada, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0423V
29. Billy W. Harden, Daytona Beach, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0425V
30. Patricia Hercik, Wadsworth, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0429V
31. Tina Noonan, Decatur, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0430V
32. Robert M. Curry, Temple, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0432V
33. Scott Schlosser, Meadville, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0433V
34. Margaret Whitlow, Louisville, Kentucky, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0436V

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