[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61370-61372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24220]


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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 
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 August 1, 2013, through August 
30, 2013. This list provides the name of

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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 Vaccine Injury 
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, MD 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: September 27, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Bettine DeLea, Venice, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0531V
2. Janet Louise Stone, Bolivar, West Virginia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0533V
3. Rhonda Throldahl on behalf of Raymond Black, Jr., Deceased, Mankato, 
Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0534V
4. Bridget Bartsch, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0536V
5. William K. Lavelle, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0537V
6. Lana Como, Hudson, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0538V
7. Brooke Etter, Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0540V
8. Kevin McErlean, Colts Neck, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0543V
9. Terry L. Kegler, Ft. Braggs, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0544V
10. Susan Carlisle, Dallas, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0547V
11. Sharon Rosenbaum, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0548V
12. Teresa Valdez, Denver, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0549V
13. Christopher Marconi, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0550V
14. Iluminada Casillas, Port Richey, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0551V
15. Gigi H. Corum, Wentworth, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0554V
16. Laura M. Hidalgo, St. Paul, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0555V
17. Korey Floyd, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0556V
18. Gabriela Gomez, Canoga Park, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0557V
19. Anthony DeCosta, Cranston, Rhode Island, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0559V
20. Jimmy Tillman, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0561V
21. Ishwar and Penny Gopichand on behalf of Chelsea Kathryn Gopichand, 
Jacksonville, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0562V
22. Kathleen Schram, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0566V
23. Dawn Brown on behalf of Britteny Dews, Deceased, Marblehead, 
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0569V
24. Catherine Gertrude McCabe, Somers Point, New Jersey, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0570V
25. Alicia Crawford on behalf of K.C., Richardson, Texas, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0574V
26. Heather and Matthew Scheidegger on behalf of Troy Scheidegger, Boca 
Raton, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0577V
27. Kenneth P. Silverman on behalf of John N. Kump, Deceased, Medford, 
New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0579V
28. Melanie Wood on behalf of L.W., Deceased, Jackson, Tennessee, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 13-0580V
29. Amber Franklin on behalf of Sydnie Franklin, Farmington Hills, 
Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0582V
30. Elizabeth Buneo on behalf of Nicholas Buneo, Rome, New York, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 13-0589V
31. Greg and Angela Palattao on behalf of Ryan Palattao, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0591V
32. Hazel Brown, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0594V
33. Joanna King, Federal Way, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0627V
34. Shagufta Malik, Jersey City, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0595V
35. Eric P. Cabrera and Carol Cabrera on behalf of Liam Cabrera, 
Orlando, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0598V
36. Ronda Morris, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0601V
37. Lucille Dalpe, East Providence, Rhode Island, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0602V
38. Bruce A. Goldsmith, San Francisco, California, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0603V
39. Anthony Inskeep, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0604V
40. Victoria McWilliams, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0605V
41. Leonard Kazmierski, Pittsburg, Kansas, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0606V
42. Joseph Buhler, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0609V
43. Amy Cowen, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0610V
44. Chase Boatman and Maurina Cupid on behalf of J.B., Deceased, 
Boston,

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Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0611V
45. Mordichai and Chana Pshemish on behalf of Y.P., Boca Raton, 
Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0612V
46. Bryan Krehnbrink, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0613V
47. Saro Manoukian, Worcester, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0614V
48. Howard S. Kahn, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0615V
49. James E. Smith, Lake City, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0617V
50. John Ryng, Bristol, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0618V
51. Ruth Day, Denton, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0620V
52. Latasha George, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0621V
53. Danya Wright, Tarrant, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0622V
54. Joseph Wojtanowski, Providence, Rhode Island, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0623V
55. Cynthia M. Morris (Sabin), Dekalb, Illinois, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0624V
56. Steven Carpenter, Lander, Wyoming, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0628V
57. Cathy L. Jackson, Raleigh, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0630V
58. Douglas Orton on behalf of Walter J. Orton, III, Deceased, Grand 
Island, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0631V

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