Judge Sunita Snyders agreed, saying Mashaba's contract stipulated he should have been notified in writing of any alleged breaches and given a chance to rectify them before he was suspended.
Three families -- the Cedillos, the Hazlehursts and the Snyders -- sought compensation from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, but the panel ruled that they had not presented sufficient evidence to prove that the childhood vaccines caused autism in their children.