[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36539-36540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15047]


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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 
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 May 1, 2014, through May 31, 
2014. 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

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(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: June 20, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Lauren E. Neeley, Boynton Beach, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0373V.
2. Brandy Williams on behalf of LS, Gilbert, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0375V.
3. James Clark, Winchester, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0379V.
4. Angie F. French and Dan French on behalf of V.F., Phoenix, 
Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0383V.
5. Gary Martz, Tempe, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0384V.
6. Reta Erxleben, Cincinnati, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0385V.
7. Markelle D. Vickers, Antioch, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0386V.
8. Amy M. Nesbitt and Eric L. Nesbitt on behalf of MNN, Moline, 
Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0392V.
9. Sheri Swigert, Lincoln, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0395V.
10. Danielle N. Meyer, Knoxville, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0399V.
11. James Rowden, Fort Benning, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0400V.
12. Steve H. Mitchell, Shreveport, Louisiana, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0401V.
13. Lissa Garcia on behalf of Stefon Garcia, Deceased, Brownsville, 
Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0404V.
14. John Ciprus, Wethersfield, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0410V.
15. Danny Wilson, St. Louis, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0411V.
16. Daniel Webb, Atlanta, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0412V.
17. Ivanka Pentcholov on behalf of Athena Pentcholov, Seattle, 
Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0414V.
18. Sonal Patel, New Haven, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0421V.
19. Tammy Schettl, Olmstead County, Minnesota, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0422V.
20. Chun-Xiang Mao, El Paso, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0426V.
21. Jenelle and Arturo Escalera on behalf of Alivia Escalera, 
Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0431V.
22. Kristin Mehner, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0432V.
23. Michelle Stoke, Memphis, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0433V.
24. Larry Johnston on behalf of Evan Johnston, Avon, Ohio, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0434V.
25. Laura Mitchell, Laurel, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0438V.
26. Leigh Rolshoven on behalf of Hannah Huelsenbeck, Windom, 
Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0439V.
27. Jennifer Gowans and Mitchell Gowans on behalf of Ivy E. Gowans, 
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0440V.
28. Leslie C. Potts, Jr., Grant, Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0441V.
29. Angela Allard, Jackson, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0442V.
30. Jody Hupe on behalf of B.A.H., Manhattan, Kansas, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0448V.
31. Richard Berrish, Freeport, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0453V.
32. Barbara Wright, Winchester, Virginia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0454V.
33. Erin Menser, Seattle, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0455V.
34. Julie Jones, Birmingham, Alabama, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0456V.

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