# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

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ROBERTA GREEN

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* No. 13

- 920 V

Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran

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v. * Filed: May 4 , 2015

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; trivalent influenza (“flu”)

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * vaccine; Guillain

- Barré S yndrome

* (“GBS”).

Respondent. *

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Peter H. Myers

, National Law Center Vaccine Injury Clinic

, Washington, DC, for

petitioner;

Glenn A. Macleod , United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for

respondent.

UNPUBLISHED DECISION 1

On May 1 , 2015

, respondent filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition

for compensation filed by Robe rta Green on November 21 , 2013 . In her petition,

petitioner alleged that the trivalent influenza (“flu”) vaccine, which is contained in

the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), and which she

received on October 1 1, 2011 , caused her to suffer Guillain

- Barré Syndrome

(“GBS”). Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the residual effects of this

injury for m ore than six months. Petitioner represents that there has been no prior

award or settlement of a civil action fo r damages on her behalf as a result of her

condition.

1 T he E

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

- 347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (Dec. 17,

2002), requires that the Court post this decision on its website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b),

the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing redaction of medical inf ormation or other

information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa

- 12(d)(4). Any redactions ordered by the special

master will appear in the document posted on the website.2

Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner’s GBS or any other

injury and further denies that her current disabilities are a sequel a of a vaccine

related injury.

Nevertheless, the partie s agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto as

Appendix A. The undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the

decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein :

A lump sum of $ 165,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner

, Roberta Green, representing compensation for all damages that would

be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa

- 15(a).

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

the clerk is directed to enter judgment in case 13

- 920V according to this decision

and the attached stipulation. 2

Any questions may be directed to my law clerk, Mary Holmes , at (202) 357

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6360

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Christian J. Moran

Christian J. Moran

Special Master

2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each

par ty filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal

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