United States Federal Circuit
Milik v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs., 2015-5109
In an action for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. sections 300aa-1 to -34. the U.S. Court of Federal Claims affirming a special master's decision denying compensation, finding that plaintiffs failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine caused the child to develop a severe neurological condition, involving developmental delay, spastic diplegia, and motor difficulties, is affirmed where Court of Federal Claims correctly concluded that the special master's decision was not arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.
Appellate Information
- Published 2016/05/20
Judges
- O'MALLEY
Court
- United States Federal Circuit