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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WILLIAM LEDERER , * UNPUBLISHED * Petitione r , * N o
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- 1 6 2 7 V * v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis io n Based on Stipulation; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * T e tanus

- D iphtheria

- A c ellula r * Pertus sis ( “ T dap ” ) V accine; Respondent. * Double Vision and Trochlear Ne rve * Palsy. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
S ylvia Chin

- Caplan , Law Office of Sylvia Chin

- Caplan, LL C , Boston, M A , f or petit io ne r
. Adriana Tietel , U

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. De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STI PULATION 1
On October 22 , 20 18 , William Lederer ( “petitioner ”) f iled a petition in the National Vacc ine Injury Compensation Progra m
. 2 Pet itione r all eg ed that a s a res ult of a te tanus

diphtheria

- ac ellular pertussis (“ Tdap ”) v accine on June 24 , 201 6 , he d eveloped double vision and trochlear (forth) nerve palsy

. P etition at 1 (ECF No. 1 )

. On February 8 , 2022 , th e parties file d a st ipu lation rec ommendi n g an award of com pensat i on to peti tioner

. Stipulatio n (ECF N o. 6 7 ). Responde nt denies that the Tdap vaccin e caused petitioner to suffer from double vision or trochlear nerve palsy, and further denies that the

1 B ecause this Decision contains a reas o ned ex p lanati on for the action in this case, the undersigned is required to post it on the United States Court o f Fed eral C la ims’ website in acc ordance with t he E

- Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S. C. § 35 01 note (2012) ( F ederal Management and Promotion of E l ectr on i c Gove rnment Services). This means the D e cision will be available to anyone wit h access to the I nternet. In accord an ce with Vaccine Rul e 18(b), petit ioner has 14 day s to identify and mov e to re dact medical o r o ther information, the disclosure of w hich w o uld co nstitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersi gned agrees that the iden tifie d mate ri al fits within t his definit ion, t he undersigned w ill redact such mater ial f ro m public acces s.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Com p ensa ti o n Prog ram is set forth in Part 2 of the N a tional Chi ldhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No . 99

- 660 , 100 Stat. 3 755, codified as am ended, 4 2 U.S. C. §§ 300aa

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- 34 (2012) (“Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). Al l citations in this D ecision to indi v idua l s ection s of t he Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S. C . § 300aa

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# In the Uni ted State s Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL M ASTERS Filed: February 8, 2022The parties stipu late that peti ti oner shall receive the following compensati on:

A lum p sum of $ 47 , 500 .00 i n the form of a che ck payab le to petitioner
. T h is amount r epresent s compens ation for all dam ages that would be av ailable under 42 U.S

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. § 300a a
- 15(a). Stipulatio n at ¶ 8.
Th e undersigned approves the r equested am ount for petition er ’ s com pensa tion. A cco rdingly, an awar d should be ma de consistent wi th the stip ulation.
In the absence of a mot ion for review filed pursuant to RC FC App e n d ix B, t he Clerk of Court SH ALL ENTER JUDG M ENT in accordance with the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3
IT IS SO OR DER ED.

s/ Nor a Bet h Dorsey Nora Beth Dorsey Sp ecial Master

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of j udgment is ex pedite d by the parties’ joi nt filin g of n otice renouncing the right to seek re view. Tdap vacc ine caused petitioner to suffe r from any other inj ury or his current condition. Id. a t ¶ 6. Nevertheless, the partie s agree to the joi nt stipulation, attached hereto as Ap pendix A. The undersigned finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it a s the decision of the C ourt in aw arding damages, on the ter ms set for th therein.