Federal Circuit Defines ‘Surgical Intervention’ In Vaccine Injury Act Appeal

( April 18, 2024, 9:19 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a lower court “relied upon a legally erroneous construction of ‘surgical intervention’” and reversed and remanded a decision that a claim was ineligible for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act....