# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 14

- 654 V

Filed: August 1 7 , 2015

Unpublished

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KAREN WOOL LEY, *

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Petitioner, *

v. *

* Attorney Fees and Costs; Stipulation

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *

HUMAN SERVICES

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Respondent. *

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Amber Wilson, Esq., Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA, (DC) Washington, DC , for

petitioner.

Justine Walters

, Esq., U

. S

. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DECISION ON ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS 1

Vowell, Chief Special Master:

On July 2 5 , 2014

, Karen Woolley filed a petition for compensation under the

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa

- 10, et seq

. , 2 [ the

“Vaccine Act” or “Program”]. Petitioner alleges that s he suffered the Miller Fisher

variant of Guillain

- Barré s yndrome (GBS) causally related to an adverse reaction to the

influenza vaccine s he received on September 9 , 2013 . Petit ion

, ¶¶ 2, 5

- 7 ; Stipulation

, filed June 15 , 2015, ¶ ¶ 2, 4

. On June 16 , 2015 , I issued a decision awarding

compensation to petitioner based on the parties ’ stipulation

.

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I intend

to post this decision on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, in accordance with the E

Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107

- 347, § 20 5, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44

U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)) . In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner s ha ve 14 day s to identify

and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarran ted

invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that the identified material fits withi n this definition, I will

redact such material from public access.

2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99

- 660, 100 St at. 3755. Hereinafter, for

ease of citation, all “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §

300aa (2006).2

On August 13 , 2015, the parties filed a Stipulation of Fact s Regarding Final

Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. According to the stipulation, the parties agree upon a n

award of $ 1 8,363.82 for attorney ’ s fees and costs and an award of $19.76 for costs paid

by petitioner for a total award of $18,383.58

. In co mpliance with General Order #9,

petitioner has filed a statement indicating she incurred $19.76 in out

- of

- pocket

expenses.

The Vaccine Act permits an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. 42

U.S.C. § 300 aa

- 15(e). I find the proposed amount to be reasonable.

Accordingly , I award the total $ 18,383.58 as follows:

1. an award of $18,363.82 in the f orm of a check jointly payable to petitioner

and petitioner’s counsel , Amber D. Wilson , and

2. an award of $19.76 in the form of a check solely payable to petitioner.

T he clerk of the court shall enter judgment in accordance herewith. 3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ Denise K. Vowell

Denise K. Vowell

Chief Special Master

3 Entry of judgment can be ex pedited by each party’s filing of a notice renouncing the right to seek review.

See Vaccine Rule 11(a).