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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RUTH HARDIMAN , * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner, * No. 20

- 7 19 V * v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis io n Based on Stipulation; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Infl ue n za ( “ Fl u ” ) Vaccine; Chronic * Inflammatory Demyelinating Respondent. * Pol yneuropathy ( “ CIDP ” ). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Amy A. Senerth , Muller Brazil, LL P , Dresher, P A , f or petit io ne r
. Althea W

. Davis , U

. S

. De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1
On Ju ne 1 5 , 20 20 , Ruth Hardiman ( “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 an influen z a (“ flu ”) v accine on October 1 6 , 201 8 , s he developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( “ CIDP ” )

. Petition at 1 (ECF No. 1 )

. On December 7 , 2021 , 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. 35 ). Responde nt denies that the flu vaccine cause d petitioner to suffer from CIDP , and further denies that the flu vaccine caused any o ther

1 B ecause this Decision contains a reas o ned ex p lanation 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. § 3501 note (2012) ( F ederal Management and Promotion of E l ectr on i c Government 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 redact medical o r o ther information, the disclosure of w hich w o uld constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersi gned agrees that the iden tifie d mate ri al fits within this definit ion, t he undersigned w ill redact such mater ial from public acces s.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Com p ensa ti o n Program 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

- 1 to

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

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# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS Filed: December 7, 20212

injury or her current condition. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless , the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached h ereto as Ap pe ndix A

. The undersigned fi nds the stipula tion reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the C o ur t i n awarding damages, o n the terms set forth t herei n. The parties stipu late that peti ti oner shall receive the following compensation:
A lum p sum of $ 16 0,000 .00 i n the form of a che ck payab le to petitioner
. T h is amount represent s compensation for all dam ages that would be av ailable under 42 U.S

. C

. § 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 ccordingly, an awar d should be ma de consistent wi th the stipulation.
In the absence of a mot ion for review filed pursuant to RCFC 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 I S SO O RD ERED.
s/ Nora Beth Dorsey Nora Beth Dors e y Special Mast er

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.