Thanks, Chris. I must be getting tired, it didn't occur to me to try Wikipedia. Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 4:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] autism and vaccine ruling "The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, Fed. Cl. or C.O.F.C.) is a United States federal court that hears non-tort monetary claims against the U.S. government.... The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, of 1986, gave the court the authority to create an Office of Special Masters to receive and hear certain vaccine injury cases, and the jurisdiction to review those cases." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims For more, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Master Chris Green York U. Toronto ================ DeVolder Carol L wrote: > I thought this was interesting: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100312/us_nm/us_autism_vaccine > > > I've never heard of a "special master" before--can someone explain how > that works? > Carol > > > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > > phone: 563-333-6482 > e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9250 &n=T&l=tips&o=1248 or send a blank email to leave-1248-12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1249 or send a blank email to leave-1249-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
