This morning, the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and one nonprecedential order. The opinion comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Federal Claims in a vaccine case. The order dismisses an appeal. Here is the introduction to the opinion and a link to the dismissal.
Townsend v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Nonprecedential)
Wilbert L. Townsend appeals a judgment and decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims, denying Mr. Townsend’s motion for review and sustaining the Special Master’s decision denying Mr. Townsend’s claim for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa–10 to –34 (“Vaccine Act”). J.A. 1; Townsend v. Sec’y of Health & Hum. Servs., 170 Fed. Cl. 130, 135, 146 (2024) (“Decision”); Townsend v. Sec’y of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 14-266V, 2023 WL 6212496, at *31 (Fed. Cl. Spec. Mstr. Aug. 29, 2023) (“Special Master Decision”). For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.