CUCURAS v. SECRETARY OF DHHS

No. 92-5172.

993 F.2d 1525 (1993)

John CUCURAS and Maria Cucuras, parents and next friends of Nicole Cucuras, Petitioners-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Moxley, Gage & Moxley, Cheyenne, WY, argued for petitioners-appellants.

Vincent Matanoski, Attorney, Torts Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Helene M. Goldberg, Attorney.

Before RICH, NEWMAN, and RADER, Circuit Judges.


RADER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners, parents and next friends of Nicole Cucuras, appeal the United States Court of Federal Claims' denial of compensation to Nicole under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to 300aa-34 (1988 & Supp. III 1991). The Court of Federal Claims rejected petitioners' claim that the special master erred by according greater weight to contemporaneous medical records than to later, conflicting oral...

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