# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 07

- 242 V

Filed: January 28, 2014

Not for P ublication

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KAREN DOYLE

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Petitioner

, * Attorneys’ fees and costs decision b ased on

* s tipulation of f

act

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *

AND HUMAN SERVICES, *

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Respondent. *

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Anne C. Toale , Sarasota, FL , for petitioner.

Glenn A. MacLeod , Washington, DC, for respondent.

MILLMAN, Special Master

DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS ’ FEES AND COSTS 1

On January 28 , 2014 , the parties filed a stipulation of fact in which they agreed on an

appropriate amount for attorneys’ fees and costs in this case

.

I n accordance with t he General Order #9 requirement, petitioner asserts that she personally

incur red $331.65 in out

- of

- pocket expenses in pursuit of her petition. Petitioner submitted her

request for attorneys’ fees and costs t o respondent. During informal discussions, respondent

ra ised objections t o certain items in petitioner’ s application

. Based on these objections, petitioner

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation f or the special master’ s action in this

case, the special master intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States Court of Federal

Claims’ s website, in accordance with the E

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

- 347, 116 Stat. 2899,

2913 (Dec. 17, 2002). Vaccine Rule 18(b) states that all decisions of the special master s will be made

available to the public unless they contain trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is

privileged and confidential, or medical or similar information whose disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of priva cy. When such a decision is filed, petitioner has 14 days to identify and

move to redact such information prior to the document = s disclosure. If the special master, upon review,

agrees that the identified material fits within the banned categories listed above, the special master shall

redact such material from public access.2

amend s her request for reimbursement for attor ne ys’ fees and costs to $47,000.00. Respondent

does not object to th i s amount. The undersigned finds th is amount to be reasonable.

Accordingly, the court awards :

a. $ 47

, 000

. 00 , representing reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs. The award

shall be in the form of a chec k made payable jointly to petitioner and Maglio,

Christopher & Toale, P.A. in the amount of $ 47

, 000

. 00

.

b. $331.65 , representing reimbursement for petitioner ’ s out

- of

- pocket expenses. The

award shall be in the form of a check made payable to petitioner in the amount of

$ 331.65

.

In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of th e

court is directed to enter judgment herewith. 2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2014 s/ Laura D. Millman

Laura D. Millman

Special Master

2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party , either separately or

jointly, filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review.