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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT , * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner , * N o
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- 712 V * v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis io n Based on Stipulation; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Influenza ( “ F lu ” ) Vaccine; Lic hen * Planus. Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jessica A. Olins , Maglio Christopher & Toal e , Seattle, W A , f or P etit io ne r
. Nina Ren , U

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. De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for R espondent.
DECISIO N BASED ON STI PULATION 1
On May 15, 2019 , Christopher Cartwright ( “ P etitioner ”) 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 a n influenza (“ flu ”)
v accine on J an uary 10 , 201 8 , he d eveloped lichen planus

. P etition at 1 (ECF No. 1 )

. On May 31 , 2022 , th e parties file d a st ipu lation rec ommendi n g an award of com pensat i on to P eti tioner

. Stipulatio n (ECF N o. 74 ). Responde nt denies tha t the flu vaccin e caused or significantly aggra vated P etitioner ’ s alleged lichen planus or any o ther injury, and denies his current condition is a sequela of a vaccine

- related injury

. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless , the parties

1 B ecause this Decision contains a reas o ned ex p lanati on 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. § 35 01 note (2012) ( F ederal Management and Promotion of E l ectr on i c Gove rnment 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), P etit ioner has 14 day s to identify and mov e to re dact medical o r o ther information, the disclosure of w hich w o uld co nstitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the und ersi gned agrees that the iden tifie d mate ri al fits within t his definit ion, t he undersigned w ill redact such mater ial f ro m public acces s.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Com p ensa ti o n Prog ram is set forth in Part 2 of the N a tional Chi ldhood Vaccine Injury Ac t 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 ection s 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: M ay 31, 20222

agree t o the joint stipulation, at tached h ereto as Ap pe ndix A

. The undersigned fi nds the stipula tion reasonable and adopts it as the decisio n of the C o ur t i n aw arding damages, o n the terms set forth t herei n. The parties stipu late that P eti ti oner shall receive the following compensati on: A lum p sum of $ 25 , 0 00 .00 i n the form of a che ck payab le to P etitioner
. T h is amount r epresent s compens ation 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 P etition er ’ s com pensa tion. A cco rdingly, an awar d should be ma de consistent wi th the stip ulation.
In the absence of a mot ion for review filed pursuant to RC FC App e n d ix B, t he Clerk of Court SH ALL ENTER JUDG M ENT in accordance wit h the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3
IT IS SO OR DER ED.

s/ Nor a Bet h Dorsey Nora Beth Dorsey Sp ecial Master

3 Pursuant to Vaccine R ule 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.