[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79701-79703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31283]


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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

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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 November 1, 2013, through 
November 30, 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: December 19, 2013.

Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Ronda Odom, Weatherford, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0865V
2. Kendy Sue Wilson, Sterling Heights, Michigan, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0866V
3. Bernard Zyk, Vienna, Virginia, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0868V
4. Matthew Rupert, Scarsdale, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0869V
5. Karen Schuler, Mesa, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0872V
6. Cynthia Winward on behalf of James Winward, Yuba City, 
California, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0873V
7. Elaine S. Tito, Saco, Maine, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0878V
8. Samuel Gray, Lewiston, Maine, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0880V
9. Douglas D. Nichols, Sarasota, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0883V
10. James and Valerie Myers on behalf of Malakai Myers, Phoenix, 
Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0885V
11. Valerie Cozbey, Columbus, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0886V
12. Harry McCarter on behalf of Lillie Mae McCarter, Deceased, 
Birmingham, Alabama, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0887V
13. Meryl Thibodeaux, Houma, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0891V
14. Melanie A. Frampton, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0892V
15. Ketleen Dormeus and Duranton Dormeus, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0893V
16. Jaime Renee Brunkan, Linwood, New Jersey, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0894V
17. Laura J. Lebel, Hartford, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0897V
18. Melva Mooneyham, Fort Smith, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0899V
19. Lisa N. Button, Fort Myers, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0900V
20. Steve Lehrman, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0901V
21. Patricia K. Patterson, Rochester, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0902V
22. Patricia Huhmann, Fishers, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0903V
23. James D. Saffold, Brandon, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0905V
24. Mary-Lou A. Green, Syracuse, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0911V
25. Courtney Miller and Bernard Miller on behalf of Ella Mae Miller, 
Spokane, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0914V
26. Dorothy Dickinson, Sarasota, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0915V
27. Sharon Bosco, New Haven, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0916V
28. Kiona Warren, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0919V
29. Roberta Green, Hurricane, West Virginia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 13-0920V
30. Kevin Thompson, Brooklyn, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0921V
31. Charles W. Brown on behalf of Kathryn C. Brown, Deceased, 
Wichita, Kansas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0922V
32. David W. Crippen, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0923V
33. Maria and Joel Gonzalez on behalf of Joel Gonzalez, Jr., San 
Jose, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0927V
34. Michael Swann, Leeds, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0928V
35. Debbie Bretag, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0930V

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36. Lise Marquis, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-
0932V
37. Linda G. Kimbell, Atlanta, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 
13-0936V
38. John Jastisan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0937V
39. Caroline Courbois, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 13-0939V
40. Louis R. Brockington, Florence, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 13-0941V
41. Estate of Raul Torres, Sr. on behalf of Raul Torres, Sr., 
Deceased, San Antonio, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 13-0943V

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