# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 12

- 752 V

Filed: May 30, 2013

Not for P ublication

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DEBORAH MORRIS, as administrator of *

the estate of PETER WALLACE MORRIS, *

deceased, *

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Petitioner

, *

* Damages decision based on stipulation;

v. * influenza vaccine; Guillain

- Barré syndrome ;

* death

SECRETARY OF HEALTH *

AND HUMAN SER VICES, *

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Respondent. *

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Gary A. Anderson

, Birmingham, AL

, for petitioner

. Voris E. Johnson, Jr. , Washington, DC, for respondent.

MILLMAN, Special Master

DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES 1

On May 30 , 2013 , the parties filed the attached stipulation in which they agreed to settle

this case and described the settlement terms. Petitioner allege s that Peter Wallace Morris suffered

Guillain

- Barré syndrome (“ G BS ”) that was c aused by h is M arch 1, 2011 receipt o f influenza

vaccine

. Petitioner further alleges that P eter died as a result of his alleged vaccine

- related injury.

Respondent denies that Peter ’s G BS

, or any other injury, was caused by the vaccine

. Respondent

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the special master's action in this

case, the special master intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States Court of Federal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 accord ance 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 masters will be made

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

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

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

move to delete s uch 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

delete such material from public access.2

further denies that Peter died as a result of a vaccine

- related injury. Nonetheless, the parties

agreed to resolve this matter informally.

The court hereby adopts the parties ’ said stipulation, attached hereto, and awards

compensation in the amount and on the terms set forth therein. Pursuant to the stipulation, the

Court awards petitioner a lump sum of $ 1 0 ,000.00

, represent ing compensation for all damages that

would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa

- 15(a)

. The award shall be in the form of a check for

$ 1 0 ,000.00 made payable to petitioner as administrator of Peter ’ s estate

.

In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the cl erk of the

court is directed to enter judgment herewith. 2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 30, 2013 s/ Laura D. Millman

Laura D. Millman

Special Master

2 Pursuant to Vac cine 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.