KOEHN v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 2014-5054.

773 F.3d 1239 (2014)

Cheryl KOEHN, as Mother and Next Friend of, Vanessia Koehn, Petitioners-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Leigh O'Dell , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Prortis, & Miles, P.C., of Montgomery, AL, argued for petitioners-appellants.

Darryl R. Wishard , Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Rupa Bhattacharyya , Director, Vincent J. Matanoski , Deputy Director, and Gabrielle M. Fielding , Assistant Director.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge O'MALLEY. Concurring opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MOORE.


Cheryl Koehn appeals from a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judgment upholding a Special Master's denial of compensation for Koehn's daughter's systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis ("SJIA") allegedly caused by a vaccine. Although the Special Master's assessment of Koehn's medical theory of causation contains several flaws...

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