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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LEIA A. PRAUSE, * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner, * No. 19

- 1322V * v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decision Based on Stipulation; I nfluenza AND HUMAN SERVICES , * ( “Flu ”) V a ccine ; Guillain

- Barre * Sy ndrom e ( “ GBS ”) ; C hronic I nflammatory Respondent. * D emyelinating P olyneuropathy ( “ CIDP ” ). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Glen H. Sturtevant , Jr. , Rawls Law Group , Rich mond, VA , f or petit io ne r
. Camille M

. Collett , U S De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1
On August 30 , 2019 , Leia A. Prause ( “petitioner ”) filed 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 influenza ( “ flu ” ) vaccin ation on September 7 , 201 6 , s he develop ed Guillain

- Barre syndrome ( “ GB S ” ) which progressed t o chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) and residual health problems

. Petition at 1 (ECF No. 1 )

. On November 2 3 , 2021 , the parties filed a st ipu lation rec ommendin g an award of com pensat i on to peti tioner

. Stipulatio n (ECF N o. 6 1 )

. Responde nt denies that petitioner sustained a GBS Table injury, and further denies that the flu vaccine caused , or significantly

1 B ecause this Decisio n 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 Cla ims’ website in acc ordanc e with t he E

- Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S. C. § 3501 note (2012) ( F ederal Management a nd 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 accordan ce with Vaccine Rul e 18(b ), petit ioner has 14 day s to identify and mov e to redact medical or o ther information, t he 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 materi al fits within this defin it ion, t he undersigned w ill redact such mater ial from public access.

2 The National V accine 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 Fil ed: November 23, 2021

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The parties stipulate that peti ti oner shall receive the following compensation: (1) A lum p sum of $ 225 ,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 available under 42 U.S

. C

. § 300aa

- 15(a). Stipulation 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 file d pursuant to RCFC App e n d ix B, the Clerk of Court SHALL ENTER JUDG M ENT in accordance with the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3
IT I S SO ORD ERED.

s/Nora Beth Dorsey Nora Beth Dorsey Special Master

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of j udgment is ex pedited by the parties’ joi nt filin g of n otice renouncing the right to seek re view. aggravated, petitioner ’s GBS and/or CIDP or any other injury; and d enies that her current condition is sequela o f a vaccine- re lated injury. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless , the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached h ere to as Appe ndix A . The undersigned fi nds th e stipulation reasonable and adopts i t as the decision of the Court i n awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.