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Exhibit 073

Petitions for compensation, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11

Exhibit 073 · Statute

Petitions for compensation, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11

No person may bring a civil action for damages in an amount greater than $1,000 or in an unspecified amount against

Bars any civil action for damages above $1,000, or in an unspecified amount, against a vaccine administrator or manufacturer for a vaccine-related injury unless the claimant has first filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and either received a judgment and elected to sue or withdrawn the petition.

Source
United States Congress (National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986)
Date
1986
Quoted from
§ 300aa-11(a)(2)(A)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/300aa-11
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding MED-5.2
Primary record Since 1988, a person injured by a covered vaccine must take the claim to a federal compensation program before suing the manufacturer.