Vaccine Court

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Vaccine Court is an informal name for the specialized U.S. federal tribunal that adjudicates claims of injury from vaccines under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf informal name ⓘ
specialized federal tribunal ⓘ
adjudicates vaccine injury claims ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
administeredWith U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
appealTo United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
attorneyFeesPolicy reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs may be awarded even if the claim is unsuccessful under certain conditions ⓘ
caseType civil compensation cases ⓘ
claimantRepresentation petitioners may be represented by attorneys ⓘ
compensationProgram National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers vaccines recommended for routine administration to children or pregnant women in the United States ⓘ
createdToAddress vaccine injury litigation crisis of the 1980s ⓘ
decisionMakers appointed special masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
special masters ⓘ
establishedFor National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
excludes most claims directly against vaccine manufacturers in state or federal tort courts ⓘ
fundingMechanism excise tax on each dose of covered vaccine ⓘ
fundingSource Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ⓘ
furtherAppealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
hasPart Office of Special Masters ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/vaccine-program-office-special-masters ⓘ
hearsCases claims of injury or death allegedly caused by covered vaccines ⓘ
petitions for compensation under the Vaccine Injury Table ⓘ
informalNameOf Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
jurisdiction National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalBasis 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34 ⓘ
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 ⓘ
legalNature special statutory compensation scheme ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officialName United States Court of Federal Claims, Office of Special Masters ⓘ
operatesUnder federal rules and procedures specific to vaccine injury claims ⓘ
partOf United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
petitionerMustFileWithin statutory filing deadlines specified in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act ⓘ
primaryGoal provide compensation for vaccine-related injuries ⓘ
primaryParties petitioners alleging vaccine injury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
procedureType no-fault compensation system ⓘ
records published decisions of special masters ⓘ
relatedTo public health law in the United States ⓘ
vaccine safety policy in the United States ⓘ
secondaryGoal protect vaccine supply stability ⓘ
reduce traditional tort litigation against vaccine manufacturers ⓘ
standardOfProof preponderance of the evidence ⓘ
subjectMatter alleged adverse events following immunization ⓘ
usesInstrument Vaccine Injury Table ⓘ

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