[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57944-57946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23026]


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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 August 1, 2014, through August 
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.

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    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 Injury Compensation 
Programs, 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 19, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Patricia Trujillo, Espanola, New Mexico, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0692V
2. Rebecca Russell, Birmingham, Alabama, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0693V
3. Michael Phillips, Alpena, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0694V
4. Mark Lattimore, Oro Valley, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0695V
5. Mary Schoeberlein, Baltimore, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0697V
6. Lisa Otto on behalf of A.O., Dallas, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0698V
7. Jamileh Berenji and Bahman Yousefi on behalf of S.Y., Sunnyvale, 
California, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0699V
8. Mariana Glenn Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0700V
9. Susan Sudman, Edgewater, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0701V
10. Susan Lee, Olney, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0702V
11. Kathleen Wyatt, Beachwood, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0706V
12. Amy L. Rawson on behalf of Michaela Renee Rawson, Somers Point, New 
Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0707V
13. Melody Hawkins on behalf of Timberly Hawkins, Crossett, Arkansas, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0708V
14. Chad McClellan on behalf of L.M., Herriman, Utah, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0714V
15. Charles Thomas on behalf of Cheryll Thomas, Deceased, New Hyde 
Park, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0715V
16. Carol Lynch, Greensboro, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0716V
17. Robyn Chang on behalf of E.F., Opelika, Alabama, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0717V
18. Nelson Stanley Cummings, Bridgton, Maine, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0721V
19. Jorge Rodriguez on behalf of Marlenny Rodriguez, Elmhurst, New 
York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0722V
20. Sara Erickson, Hamilton, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0724V
21. Karen Sullivan, Calhoun, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0725V
22. Trent Kuzman on behalf of Inea Kuzman, Carlsbad, California, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 14-0726V
23. Michael Schlaak on behalf of J.N.S., Appleton, Wisconsin, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0727V
24. Lynn Martin, Manhasset, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0730V
25. Pansy Downs, Hickory, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0731V
26. Franklin Jenkins, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0732V
27. Fredrick Richardson, Springfield, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0733V
28. Melissa Hall, Wood River, Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0734V
29. Michael O'Leary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0737V
30. Clementine Block, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0739V
31. Sara Elizabeth Sajbel on behalf of B.B.T. , Deceased, Pueblo, 
Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0741V
32. Jasmine Dark, Houston, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0742V
33. Nancy Riggs, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0743V
34. Kathleen Farina, Maywood, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0745V
35. Cory Danielson, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0746V
36. Nicole Solomon, Avon, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0748V
37. Susan Charbonneau, Milwaukie, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0749V
38. Panagoula E. Bekiaris, Park Ridge, Illinois, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0750V
39. Melissa Walter, Lakeland, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0751V
40. Stanley Brass, Plantation, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0752V
41. Elizabeth Manning, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0753V
42. Keith Snow on behalf of R.S., Marlborough, Connecticut, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0754V
43. Daniel Werner, Superior, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0755V
44. Kristina Garrison, Buhl, Idaho, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0762V
45. Amanda Callahan on behalf of J.B., Decatur, Indiana, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0763V
46. Michelle Brittain on behalf of S.Y., Dallas, Texas, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 14-0764V
47. Donaldo Jones-Fogle, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0765V

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48. Joan Rosof, Lafayette, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0766V
49. Jennifer Ratterman, Newport, Kentucky, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0767V
50. Patty Ferraro on behalf of A.F., Venice, Florida, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0770V
51. Kenneth Shores, Grants Pass, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0771V
52. Timothy Steinruck on behalf of E.J.S., Deceased, Amherst, New 
Hampshire, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0772V
53. Genice Jarman, Naples, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0773V
54. Wiley Terry, Sarasota, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0774V
55. Jill Buchignani-Calwhite, Tampa, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0775V
56. Jamie Rothstein, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0778V
57. Jaswinder Singh, Carlsbad, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0779V
58. Richard J. Michel, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0781V
59. Kristin Lintz, Bloomington, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0784V
60. Cynthia Hamilton and Robert Hamilton on behalf of R.M.H., New York, 
New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-0785V
61. Cheryl Simmons, Wilmington, Delaware, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0788V
62. Michelene Falsini, Salem, New Hampshire, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 14-0789V
63. Michael McCollum, Seaside, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
14-0790V
64. Linda Heeg, Marshfield, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 14-
0795V
65. Jacqueline Freeman, Lexington, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 14-0796V
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