# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MA STERS

No. 17

- 1184V

Filed: February 6, 2020

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ROBIN CROCE

, * UNPUBLISHED

*

Petitioner, * Decision on Joint Stipulation;

* Guillain

- Barre Syndrome

v. * ( “ GBS ” ); Tetanus

- dip htheria

-

* acellul ar pertussis ( “ TDaP ” )

SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Vaccine

AND HUMAN SERVICES, *

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Respondent. *

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Alison Ha s kins, Esq.

, Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA, Sarasota, FL

, for petitioner.

Adriana Teitel

, Esq

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

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION 1

Roth

, Special Master:

On September 1, 2 017

, Robin Croce [ “ Ms. Croce ” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for

compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

. 2 Petitioner allege s that

she developed Guil lain

- Bar re Syndrome ( “ GBS ” ) after receiving a tet anus

- d iphtheria

- acellular

pertussis vaccina tion on June 24, 2016

. Stipulation, filed Feb. 6, 2020 , at ¶¶ 1

- 4. Respondent denies

that the aforementioned immunizati on caused petitioner ’s injury. Stipulation at ¶ 6.

Nevertheless, the parties h ave agreed to settle the case. On February 6, 2020 , the parties

filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlem ent terms.

1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “unpublished,” it will nevertheless be posted on the

Court of Federal Claims’s website, in accordance with the E

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

- 347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 4 4 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). This means the Decision

will be available to anyone with access to the internet. However, the parties may object to the Decision’s

inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party

has fourteen days within which to request redaction “of any information furnished by that party: (1) that is

a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes

medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, the whole Decision will be available to the public. Id

.

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

- 660, 100 Sta t. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease

of citation, all “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subpara graph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa

(2012 ).

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Respondent agrees to issue the fol lowing payment s:

(1) A lump sum of $2,324.50 , representing a balance due for petitioner ’ s past incurred

medical e xpenses, in the form of a check payable j ointly to petitioner and Pendrick

Capital Partners II LLC. Petit ioner agrees to endorse this payment to Pendrick Capital

P art ners II LLC;

(2) A lump sum of $10,135.15 , representing a balance due for petitioner ’ s past incurred

medical e xpenses, in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner and Westside

Regional Medical Center. Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Westside

Regional Medical Center; and

(3) A lump sum of $147,500.00

, in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Robin

Croce

. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would b e av ailable

under § 300aa

- 15(a).

I adopt the parties’ stipula tion attached hereto, and award compensation in the amount and

on the terms set forth therein. The clerk of the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance

with this decision. 3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ Mindy Michaels Roth

Mindy Michaels Roth

Special Master

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party filing a notice

renouncing the right to seek review.