[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71431-71433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27963]


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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 (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 HHS 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

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for considering and acting upon the petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about requirements for 
filing petitions, and the Program in general, contact Lisa L. Reyes, 
Clerk of Court, 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 08N146B, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857; (301) 443-6593, or visit our website at: 
http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/index.html.

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 United States Court of Federal Claims and to serve 
a copy of the petition to the Secretary of HHS, who is named as the 
respondent in each proceeding. The Secretary 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 42 CFR 100.3. 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 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, 2019, through 
November 30, 2019. 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. ``[S]ustained, 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. ``[S]ustained, 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 United States 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, 08N146B, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857. The Court's caption (Petitioner's Name v. 
Secretary of HHS) 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, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Christine Murschel, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1700V
2. Colleen Hietpas on behalf of C. H., Neenah, Wisconsin, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1702V
3. Fidencio Velasquez, Eagle Pass, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1703V
4. Brooke Biel, West View, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1704V
5. Joshua Brown, Bloomington, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1705V
6. Emily Thompson, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1708V
7. Angela Lee, Kyle, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1709V
8. Francisco Castellanos, Miami, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1710V
9. Kenneth Holmes, Irving, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1711V
10. Jaime Lehman, Miami, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1712V
11. Mary Maloney, Stuart, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1713V
12. Uriel Zamora and Edna Frias on behalf of A. Z., McAllen, Texas, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1718V
13. Elizabeth Jackson, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1721V
14. Rose Dworkis, Glen Rock, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1722V
15. Joanna Farjaszewska on behalf of A. M., Surprise, Arizona, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 19-1723V
16. Stephanie Stomel, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1726V
17. Todd L. Friberg, Greensboro, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1727V
18. Genevieve Avila, Waukegan, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1728V
19. Bobby Tate, Waupun, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1731V
20. Richard Porpora, Glen Falls, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1732V
21. Trina Garcia, Sparks, Nevada, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1733V
22. Renee Worthy, Tallahassee, Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1735V
23. Henrietta LaRue, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1739V
24. Jonathan Cohen and Jessica Cohen on behalf of S. C., Deceased, 
Charlotte, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1740V
25. Michelle Breslin, San Jose, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1743V
26. Gary J. Hudeck, Midland, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1744V
27. Michael Eiras, Rocklin, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1746V
28. Courtney Nina and Pedro Nina on behalf of Kennedy Nina, Odessa, 
Florida, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1750V
29. Nancy Buzzelli Lilley, Greenville, North Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1751V
30. Jason Manus, Englewood, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1753V
31. Victoria Martinez, Wesley Chapel, Florida, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1754V
32. Marlene Boger, Garrett, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1755V
33. Debra Owens, Beech Island, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1757V
34. Esther Rubinson, Jackson, New Jersey,

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Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1759V
35. Nicole Abrams-Kelly, Huntersville, North Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1760V
36. Brittany Dock on behalf of K. E., Aurora, Colorado, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1762V
37. Thomas Joseph Grandinetti, Syracuse, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1763V
38. Catherine Doyle, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1767V
39. Kristi A. Baker, Huntington, West Virginia, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1771V
40. Olga Capkeviciene, Lakewood, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1773V
41. Laura Bell Frey, Franklin, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1776V
42. Morgan Gaffney, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1777V
43. Katherine Beltz, Huntersville, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1779V
44. Lisa B. Vendiola, Waipahu, Hawaii, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1780V
45. Lisa J. Prince, Plano, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1781V
46. Noelle Lynn Czopek on behalf of C. L. H., Jr., Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1782V
47. Ann M. Arpino, New Haven, Connecticut, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1783V
48. Edwin Weiss, New York, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1786V
49. Julie Schottler, Rochester, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1787V
50. Laura Valentin Maalouf, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1788V
51. Randy Li, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1789V
52. Donna Faye McKenney, Clackamas, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1799V
53. Phillip Woods, Novi, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1800V
54. Geoffrey Clive, Kansas City, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1802V
55. Connie Suzann Mundinger, Columbia, South Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1804V
56. Carl Johnson, Eagan, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1807V
57. Marjorie DeCamara, Manheim, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1808V
58. Michelle Celentano, Tucson, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1809V
59. Claudia Marquez, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 19-1811V
60. Thomas Bakker, Scottsdale, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1814V
61. Leigh-Anne Garry on behalf of M. G., Flourtown, Pennsylvania, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 19-1815V
62. Maria Reiser Manwill, West Valley City, Utah, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1818V
63. Lori Hoeffken, Richmond, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 19-
1819V
64. Tyler Ramdhanie, Halethorpe, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1820V
65. Misty Gehrke, Vancouver, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1821V
66. Joyce C. Briggs, Durham, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 19-1822V
67. Michael Dean Vucenic, Modesto, California, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 19-1824V
68. Melissa Fischer, Clawson, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 
19-1825V

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