[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44373-44374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14717]


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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 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 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 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 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 May 1, 2023, through May 31, 
2023. This list provides the name of the petitioner, city, and state of 
vaccination (if unknown then the city and state of the person or 
attorney filing the 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, Health 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.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. Delshun Carter, Waupun, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0618V
2. Tommie Lee Lanier, Statesboro, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0624V
3. Haley Petz, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0625V
4. Denise Bernhang on behalf of B. B., Boca Raton, Florida, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0627V
5. Torri Kidder, Plaquemine, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0628V
6. Tessa Needham, Portland, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0630V
7. Lyndzee Weiss, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0633V
8. Mikako Welborn, Springfield, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0635V
9. Sangeetha Gnanasundaram, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0636V
10. Erica Jennings, Tupelo, Mississippi, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0637V
11. Daisy Santiago, San Diego, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0640V
12. Edith Fox, La Luz, New Mexico, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0646V
13. Ranaye Goff, Luck, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0649V
14. Douglas Eberline, Peoria, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0655V
15. Sharee Barber on behalf of A. B., Medford, Oregon, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0657V
16. Michelle Palazzolo, Staten Island, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0658V
17. Timothy Johnnies, Waupun, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0659V
18. Terry Cooper, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0661V
19. Tuipine Sofara, San Bruno, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0662V
20. Veronica Madden, North Weymouth, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0665V
21. Carissa Photopoulos on behalf of Steven Wedekind, Deceased, 
Clintonville, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0667V

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22. Chris Sullivan and Michelle Routhier on behalf of C. S., 
Deceased, Stockton, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0670V
23. Diana Vorholt, Portage, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0671V
24. Francine Hargens, Clinton, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0672V
25. Susan Colby, Hines, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0673V
26. Sharee Barber on behalf of A. B., Medford, Oregon, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0674V
27. Sepideh Pourhassani, Huntsville, Alabama, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0675V
28. Natalie Brouwer Potts, Lincolnwood, Illinois, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0678V
29. Omar Rueda Denvers, Lovelock, Nevada, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0681V
30. Barbara Raufmann, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0682V
31. Roger M. Miller, Marietta, Georgia, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0684V
32. Dawn Coppersmith, Chestertown, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0685V
33. Jamila Washington, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0686V
34. Stacy Ann Dixon, Morristown, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0687V
35. Jocelyn Ashley, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0689V
36. Nancy Harrison, Salinas, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0691V
37. Susan Rogers, Rochester, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0695V
38. Jennifer Marie Tate, Bangor, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0697V
39. Kristine Eldridge, Billings, Montana, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0699V
40. Vinod Agarwal, Webster, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0703V
41. Shanie Roman, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0705V
42. Lauren Naude, Baltimore, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0709V
43. Rachel Sloan on behalf of A. S., Boca Raton, Florida, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0710V
44. Abigail La Croix, New York, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0711V
45. Kay Lloyd, New Orleans, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0712V
46. Terry Boyd, Crowley, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0714V
47. David Hammett and Judy Hammett on behalf of E. H., Phoenix, 
Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0716V
48. Rebecca Crawley, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0717V
49. William T. Lewek, M.D., Rochester, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0718V
50. Cory Scott, Indianapolis, Indiana, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0725V
51. Marina Bendarcyk, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0729V
52. Thongsavahn Rodthong, Plymouth, Wisconsin, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0730V
53. Jacob Drake, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0731V
54. Rose Panzarella, Delray Beach, Florida, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0732V
55. Monica Vinogradoff, Fresno, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0733V
56. John Maseiro, Bethalto, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0735V
57. Robert Paveglio, Great Neck, New York, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0739V
58. Stacy Fogerty, Ballwin, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0741V
59. Tiffani Weber on behalf of C. W., North Brunswick, New Jersey, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0742V
60. Lori Hess-Rosio, Crivitz, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0744V
61. Gregory Hampton, Marshall, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0745V
62. Kimberly Davidson, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0746V
63. Muskan Wadhwa, Exton, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0747V
64. Suzanne Booher, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0750V
65. Gracie Clements on behalf of P. A. C., Gadsden, Alabama, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 23-0751V
66. Shane Brown, Oak Grove, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0752V
67. Rodney Steele, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0753V
68. A'Ja Lawrence, New Orleans, Louisiana, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0755V
69. Melissa Marshall, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0756V
70. Michael Pendleton, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0758V
71. Gordon Morris, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0760V
72. Kelly Jo Gutknecht, New Ulm, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0764V
73. Chantel Gissentanner, Brooklyn, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0768V
74. Sean M. O'Malley, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0769V
75. Kate S. Latimer Courtney, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0771V
76. Melissa Rogala, Newport News, Virginia, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0773V
77. Inessa Ivanyuk, Irvine, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0775V
78. Joel Kirkland and Tami Kirkland on behalf of S. K., Boston, 
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0777V
79. Adam Perez on behalf of L. P., Miami, Florida, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0778V
80. Jerry Belt, Frisco, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0779V
81. Erin Shinn, St. Charles, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0780V
82. Bryanne Tome on behalf of K. S., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 23-0781V
83. Chris Strickland and Kirsten Strickland on behalf of K. S., 
Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-0785V
84. Leslie Susie, Greenville, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 23-0786V
85. Eric Vincent, Macomb, Michigan, Court of Federal Claims No: 23-
0787V
86. Patricia Young, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0790V
87. Michaela Johnson, Napa, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 
23-0791V
88. Rebecca Strehl, Kansas City, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 23-0795V

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