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# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 14-476V Filed: May 13, 2015

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UNPUBLISHED MARCIE MINTZ, *

* Petitioner, * * Special Master Dorsey

v. *

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Joint Stipulation on Damages; * Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; Transverse Respondent. * Myelitis (TM)

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Tara O’Mahoney, Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, for petitioner. Michael Milmoe, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DECISION 1

On June 4, 2014, Marcie Mintz (“petitioner”) filed a petition pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 2 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (2006). Petitioner alleged that, as a result of receiving an influenza vaccination on November 17, 2012, she suffered from transverse myelitis. Petition at 1. Petitioner furt her alleged that she suffered the residual effects or complications of this vaccine injury for more than six months. Id. at 8. On May 13, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation, st ating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation.

1 Because this decision contains a reasoned explan ation for the undersigned’s action in this case, the undersigned intends to post th is ruling on the website of the United States Court of Federal Claims, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, § 205, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). As provided by Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has 14 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 priv ileged or confidential; or (2) that includes medical files or similar files, the

disclosure of which would const itute a clearly unwarra nted invasion of privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b).

2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Progra m is set forth in Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. N o. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (2006) (Vaccine Act or the Act). All citations in this decision to

individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. § 300aa.2 Respondent denies that the flu vaccine cause d petitioner’s alleged transverse myelitis, or any other injury, and further denies that petitione r’s current disabilities are sequelae of a vaccinerelated injury. Nevertheless, th e parties agree to the joint st ipulation, attach ed hereto as Appendix A. The undersigned finds the stipulation reasonable a nd adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

The parties stipulate that petitioner sh all receive the following compensation:

A lump sum of $275,000.00, in the form of a check payable to petitioner representing all damages available under 42 U.S.C. 300aa-15(a).

Stipulation ¶ 8.

The undersigned approves the requested amount for petitioner’s compensation. Accordingly, an award should be made consistent with th e stipulation.

In the absence of a motion for review file d pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of

the court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation. 3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ Nora Beth Dorsey Nora Beth Dorsey Special Master

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a) , entry of judgment is expedite d by the parties’ joint filing of notice renouncing the ri ght to seek review.