HAZLEHURST v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVS.

No. 2009-5128.

604 F.3d 1343 (2010)

Rolf HAZLEHURST and Angela Hazlehurst, parents of William Yates Hazlehurst, Petitioners-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Webb, Webb, Webb & Guerry, of Twin Falls, ID, argued for petitioners-appellants.

Lynn E. Ricciardella, Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Timothy P. Garren, Director, Mark W. Rogers, Deputy Director, and Gabrielle M. Fielding, Assistant Director.

Before NEWMAN and BRYSON, Circuit Judges, and GUILFORD, District Judge.


BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This is one of a large number of cases involving claims for compensation on behalf of autistic children whose condition is alleged to have been caused by childhood vaccinations. In this case, Rolf and Angela Hazlehurst filed a claim for their son, Yates Hazlehurst, seeking compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ("the Vaccine Act"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34. The Hazlehursts alleged that the measles,...

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