[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43057-43058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17452]
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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. 300a-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 1, 2014, through June 30,
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 (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 18, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
List of Petitions Filed
1. Jeanne Daniels, Bedford, New Hampshire, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0461V
2. Leslie Fox, Salinas Valley, California, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0462V
3. John Haak, Santa Cruz, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0463V
4. Danette Colagreco, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0465V
5. Jeanna Terrell, Maysville, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0467V
6. Laura Cechanowicz, Los Angeles, California, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0469V
7. Dorothy Shields on behalf of Najee Shields, Deceased, Chicago,
Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0470V
8. Carie Brown on behalf of K.B., Ellsworth, Kansas, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0471V
9. Alisa Pattaluga on behalf of D.P., Warwick, New York, Court of
Federal Claims No: 14-0472V
10. Kelly Hayes McAlonie, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0473V
11. William Cartwright, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0474V
12. Marlon Sporer, New York, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0475V
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13. Marcie Mintz, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0476V
14. Robert Talton, Jacksonville, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0479V
15. Debora Russo, Trooper, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0480V
16. James R. Furniss, Jr., Bartlett, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0481V
17. Garland L. Snyder and Jennifer D. Snyder on behalf of J.L.S.,
Knoxville, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0482V
18. Charles Czagas, Concord, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0483V
19. Brandy Humphries, Littleton, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0484V
20. Gary Knight, Denver, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0485V
21. George Cawthon, Gainesville, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0486V
22. Kayla Mason on behalf of E.F., Warren, Ohio, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0487V
23. Laura Riggs, Jacksonville, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0488V
24. Lisa Marshall on behalf of F.M., Morristown, Tennessee, Court of
Federal Claims No: 14-0491V
25. Alfred Zacchia, Somers Point, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0493
26. Tony Surace, Gainesville, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0499V
27. Kathryn Davis, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0504V
28. Katherine M. Kelley on behalf of Bo Kelley, Ashburn, Virginia,
Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0505V
29. Patrick Steven Chad MacDonald, Alpena, Michigan, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0509V
30. Vyacheslav Zaretskiy, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0511V
31. Cynthia Mathis, San Antonio, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0512V
32. Clarissa Gibbs and Derrick Eggleston on behalf of A.E., Longwood,
Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0520V
33. Al Lesean Sutton, Wilson, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0522V
34. Laura Broomfield, Tempe, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0523V
35. Nancy C. Howell, Austin, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0524V
36. Louis A. Caputo, Pittsburg, Kansas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0525V
37. Kelly Laffey, Charleston, South Carolina, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0526V
38. Rebecca Fishkis, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0527V
39. James Harrison Cockrell, Jr., Gardendale, Alabama, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0528V
40. Leslie Hornick, Fulton, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0530V
41. John Nazaka, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0533V
42. Torren Grace, Cincinnati, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0540V
43. Milena Gottlieb, Hazlet, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0543V
44. Brenda Wieckhorst and Michael Wieckhorst on behalf of M.P.W.,
Lincoln, Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0545V
45. Veronica Ettel, Largo, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0546V
46. Ketleen Dormeus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal
Claims No: 14-0551V
47. Stephen B. Hales, Seattle, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No:
14-0552V
48. Mary Dedon, Boutte, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0553V
49. Darka Raicevic, Irvine, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0554V
50. Jay Dubell, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0555V
51. Joel Vessey, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0556V
52. Beatrice Thompson, Des Planes, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims
No: 14-0558V
53. Annette Terry, Fulton, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0559V
54. Jean Yates on behalf of Robert Yates, Deceased, Mt. Kisco, New
York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0560V
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