Supreme Court rules on attorney's fees under vaccine act

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday in Sebelius v. Cloer [SCOTUSblog backgrounder; JURIST report] that an untimely National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA) [42 USC §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34, PDF] petition may qualify for an award of attorney's fees if it is filed in good faith and there is a reasonable basis for its claim. In this case, Dr. Melissa Cloer filed an untimely claim to recover from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/05/supreme-court-rules-on-attorneys-fees-under-vaccine-act.php

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