[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72680-72682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28889]


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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

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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 
this 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 October 1, 2013 through October 
31, 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 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: November 27, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Douglas Swift, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0763V
2. Aleskis Brown on behalf of Isaiah Harris, Memphis, Tennessee, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0766V
3. Reshama Shaikh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0767V
4. Tammy Andrisek, Hamilton, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0768V
5. Clifton C. Eastin on behalf of Betty A. Eastin, Deceased, Aurora, 
Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0769V
6. Jeffrey W. Magera, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0770V
7. Christine Ketcham, Manhasset, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0771V
8. Barbara Carroll, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0772V
9. Sherry G. Alexander, San Antonio, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0775V
10. Huey Hampton, Beaumont, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0776V
11. Shawn Kao, Bellevue, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0777V
12. Brenda Theriot, Flower Mound, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0778V
13. Misty and James Hogan on behalf of S.M.H., Reading, 
Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0780V
14. Kenneth Schultheis, Baltimore, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0781V
15. Donna Monarch, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0782V
16. Linda Wheeler, Bel Air, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0783V
17. James J. Cotner, Tucson, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0785V
18. Geraldine Jones, Lena, Mississippi, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0786V
19. Summer Paolone, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0787V
20. Adrienne N. Severt, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0788V
21. Robert Rotterman, Orchard Park, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0791V
22. Vivian Morales Rivera, Guayama, Puerto Rico, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0793V
23. Janet Buksa, Palos, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0795V
24. Kathleen Harman, Cedar Park, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0796V
25. Luis Gamardo, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0797V
26. Connie C. Medina, Carson City, Nevada, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0798V
27. Elizabeth and Andrew Fouch on behalf of Jessica Fouch, Manhattan 
Beach, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0799V
28. Timothy P. Bombard and Jacqueline Bombard on behalf of Lucy 
Bombard, Somers Point, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0801V
29. Debra L. Kuhn, North Willowgrove, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0802V
30. Margaret Turiano, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0803V
31. Mark Cleveland, Toccoa, Georgia, Court

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of Federal Claims No: 13-0804V
32. Patricia Okai, Oak Forrest, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0805V
33. Kimberly Bowman, Staten Island, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0807V
34. Jessica and Ryan Dean on behalf of Iris Dean, Phoenix, Arizona, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0808V
35. Mavis E. Luther, Le Mars, Iowa, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0810V
36. Tracy Fox, Southampton, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0813V
37. Leona Faye Thompson, Marshall County, Alabama, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0815V
38. Paul Grabarek, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0817V
39. Alanna Sullivan Barker, Littleton, Colorado, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0818V
40. Lisa Ann Hambleton, Tiffin, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0819V
41. Cathy A. Liva, Honolulu, Hawaii, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0820V
42. Henry Simmons, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0825V
43. Ronniesha Thomas, Waterbury, Connecticut, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0827V
44. Lisa Jones, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0828V
45. David D. Leoce, Clermont, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0829V
46. Robin Harrison, Cincinnati, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0831V
47. Robert N. Jacobson, Putnam, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0832V
48. Demetrice Bell-O'Neal on behalf of A.O., Sarasota, Florida, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0835V
49. Charles Kiklis, Somerville, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0836V
50. Mae Miller, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0837V
51. Brad Colvis, Sacramento, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0841V
52. Kevin M. Meaney, Naples, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0842V
53. Thomas O'Keeffe, Falmouth, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0847V
54. Debbie Harris, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0848V
55. Kristin Cooper and Arthur Writesel on behalf of SW., Boston, 
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0849V
56. Jeffrey Faucher and Filomena Faucher on behalf of C.F., Boston, 
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0850V
57. Seechel Patel, Coral Springs, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0851V
58. Adam Luna on behalf of E.L., Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0852V
59. Gary Abdulla, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0853V
60. Douglas Andor, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0858V
61. Aaron Sandoval, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0860V

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