[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23036-23038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09602]


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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 that 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 
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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 March 1, 2015, through March 31, 
2015. 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 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: April 17, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Leanna Babb, Yuma, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0195V
2. Avery Kranz and Alyssa Kranz on behalf of M. K., Millburn, New 
Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0196V
3. Avery Kranz, Millburn, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0197V
4. Carol Williams, Morgantown, West Virginia, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0198V
5. Thomas Holland, Cataumet, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0199V
6. Mario Caruso, Clovis, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0200V
7. Marilyn Akyuz, Brooklyn, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0201V
8. Andrew Bussa, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0202V
9. Peggy Lafon, Crowley, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0203V
10. Rosemary St. George, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0204V
11. David G. Smith, Billerica, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0205V
12. Carin Ing-Marie Malkin, Sarasota, Florida, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0206V
13. Tamie Blesi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0208V
14. Tamie Blesi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0209V
15. James Collins, Jr., Concord, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0210V
16. Annabella Chin, Pembroke, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0214V
17. Tisia Green, Cheektowaga, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0218V
18. Tate Takahashi, Honolulu, Hawaii, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0219V
19. Dorothy Keegan, Rochester, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0220V
20. Brandene LaPorte, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0221V
21. Melvin Keith Castle, New Bern, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0222V
22. Sarah Yoon on behalf of N.Y., Valencia, California, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0224V
23. Bernard Halverson on behalf of Susan Halverson, Deceased, Somers 
Point, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0227V
24. Jean L. Buck, Las Vegas, Nevada, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0231V
25. Joseph Bourche, Boulder, Colorado, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0232V
26. Keith Saunders, Onawa, Iowa, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0233V
27. Mary Axelson on behalf of A. A., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0234V
28. Kristen Silverio on behalf of G. L., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0235V
29. Phyllis Phipps, Bluffton, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0238V
30. Travis Morgan, Franklin, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0239V
31. Carl S. Fish, Folsom, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0244V
32. Rami Hatter, Dale City, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0245V
33. Tarah Gramza on behalf of J. G., Mesa, Arizona, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0247V
34. Angela Bogue, Louisburg, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0250V
35. Joseph Willett, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0252V
36. Scott Siciliano and Kathleen Siciliano on behalf of E. S., 
Smithtown, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0253V
37. Janet Florence, Glassboro, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0255V
38. Allison Boman on behalf of R. B., Rock Springs, Wyoming, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 15-0256V
39. Jordan Holtz, Sussex, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0257V
40. Robert Richie, Atoka, Oklahoma, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0258V
41. Sandra E. Horvath, San Jose, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0260V
42. Lawrence Marra, Jr., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0261V
43. Ameena Jaafar on behalf of A. M., Windsor, Connecticut, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0267V
44. Brian Badger, Owensboro, Kentucky, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0273V
45. John Harbrucker, Kansas City, Kansas, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0274V
46. Maureen McGrath, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0275V
47. Jane Privitera, Baldwin, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0276V
48. Raquel Davis on behalf of M. D., Boston, Massachusetts, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0277V
49. Janice Schroeder, Austin, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0278V
50. Brittany Stallings Benoit and Arsene Benoit on behalf of Gabriel 
Cash Benoit, Deceased, Quitman, Mississippi, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0279V
51. Annette Dominguez and Lydia Fazekas on behalf of Rebecca C. 
Arana, Deceased, Beverly Hills, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0280V
52. Rita Glynn, St. Paul, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0283V
53. Malissa Ajeti, Gilroy, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0284V
54. Shawn Orgel-Olson, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0285V
55. George Swaiss, Santa Clara, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0286V
56. Ann Wyborski, Vienna, Virginia, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0295V
57. Nadara Shives, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0296V
58. Joseph Sullivan, Sarasota, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0300V

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59. Robert VanOsdol, Dallas, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0303V
60. Melissa Intini on behalf of Vanni Mae Intini, Fort Bragg, North 
Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0304V
61. Erich Micheal Gram, Huntersville, North Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 15-0305V
62. Edward M. Haney, San Pablo, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0310V
63. Charles Rohrer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0311V
64. Jovan Ragia, Dallas, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0312V
65. Karen Ryf, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-
0313V
66. Jaymeeni Patel, Atlanta, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 
15-0318V
67. Angela Waters, Seneca, South Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0320V
68. Beatrice Thomure, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0322V
69. Annmarie Auer, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 15-0323V
70. Sara Olivia Cain, Raleigh, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 15-0325V
71. Nicholas Reinking and Hilary Katherine Reinking on behalf of M. 
R., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0326V
72. Philip Power and April Power on behalf of C. P., Cary, North 
Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No: 15-0327V
[FR Doc. 2015-09602 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
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