Deribeaux Ex Rel. Deribeaux v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to show an alternative cause the Secretary “had to present sufficient evidence to prove that the alternative factor was the sole substantial factor in bringing about the injury”
• ruling the special master was not arbitrary in finding the SCN1A mutation to be the sole cause of the child’s injuries
• ruling the special master was not arbitrary in finding the SCN1A mutation to be the sole cause of the child’s injuries
• describing a procedural history in which information produced during damages led a special master to find the petitioners were not entitled to compensation
• “The Secretary was ‘required not only to prove the existence of [a factor unrelated], but also to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the [factor unrelated] actually caused’ the injury alleged.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).