[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45999-46000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17557]


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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 July 1, 2021, through July 31, 
2021. 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,

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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.

Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.

List of Petitions Filed

1. James Edward Perry, Garden Grove, California, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1530V
2. Billy Sword, Kingsport, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1534V
3. Amanda Purdin, Hilliard, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1536V
4. Eileen Arcery, Depew, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1537V
5. Alex Dosser, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1538V
6. Rameen Rizi, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1544V
7. Angeline Khan on behalf of A.K., Hayward, California, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1545V
8. Veronica Mendoza, Juarez, Mexico, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1547V
9. Jennifer Raftery, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1549V
10. Meagan Brown Schmidt, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1550V
11. David Shafer, Midland, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1552V
12. Darcy Weidner, Sharon, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1554V
13. Olinda Gilmore, Universal City, Texas, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1556V
14. William L. Miller, Cary, North Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1559V
15. Erik Koonce, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1560V
16. Patricia Santiago, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1562V
17. Nicholas Politano, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1563V
18. Laura Surface, Northfield, New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1565V
19. Juanita Green, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1566V
20. Claire Kuang, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1567V
21. Kathleen R. McNamee, North Olmstead, Ohio, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1568V
22. Katie Perette, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1569V
23. John Wirsen, Springfield, Missouri, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1571V
24. Raquel Hernandez, Modesto, California, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1572V
25. Hannah R. Boudreau, Juliet, Tennessee, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1573V
26. Beverly Hales, Ashland, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1575V
27. William McCaughey, Warwick, Rhode Island, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1576V
28. Helena Smith on behalf of A.S., Chicago, Illinois, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1577V
29. William Minner, Topeka, Kansas, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1579V
30. Keith A. Lee, New York, New York, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1582V
31. Bobbi Hoodiman on behalf of T.H., Ridgewood, New Jersey, Court 
of Federal Claims No: 21-1583V
32. Edward O. Janosko, II, Wilmington, North Carolina, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1584V
33. Jammie Yerks, Boscobel, Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1585V
34. Dennis L. Ericson, West Hartford, Connecticut, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1587V
35. Todd Seely, Washington, District of Columbia, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1590V
36. Kathleen Pachuki, Chicago, Illinois, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1591V
37. Madison Jugon, The Woodlands, Texas, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1592V
38. Brenda Hatten, Omaha, Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1593V
39. Cristian Garcia, Boston, Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1601V
40. Robert Donchess, Blythewood, South Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1603V
41. Luke Kramer, Upland, California, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1604V
42. James Mease, Elkton, Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1605V
43. Taylor Williams, Greensboro, North Carolina, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1606V
44. Frank Burke, Portland, Oregon, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1607V
45. Paul Pellegrino on behalf of A.P., Matthews, North Carolina, 
Court of Federal Claims No: 21-1608V
46. Victoria A. Van Voorhis, Rochester, New York, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1610V
47. Edna Fowler on behalf of The Estate of William Fowler, Deceased, 
Dublin, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-1611V
48. Morgan Smith, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Court of Federal Claims 
No: 21-1613V
49. Roger Nyhuis, Cincinnati, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1615V
50. Julia Seeli on behalf of P.S., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1616V
51. Michelle Foster on behalf of H.F., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1617V
52. Nicholas Delaney and Krystal Delaney on behalf of C.M.D., St. 
Cloud, Minnesota, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-1620V
53. Cassie Malone, Casper, Wyoming, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1625V
54. Sarah Lukas, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1627V
55. Jeanne M. Quattromani, Westerly, Rhode Island, Court of Federal 
Claims No: 21-1628V
56. Linda Waxman, Lyndhurst, Ohio, Court of Federal Claims No: 21-
1631V
57. John D. Slusser, Jr., St. Christiansburg, Virginia, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1636V
58. Julia Seeli on behalf of S. H., Phoenix, Arizona, Court of 
Federal Claims No: 21-1637V
59. Yvonne Romo, Seattle, Washington, Court of Federal Claims No: 
21-1638V

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