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MARY CRESSELL

, * U NPUBLISHED

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Petitioner

, * N o. 1 9

- 2 8 6 V

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v. * Special Master Dorsey

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis io n Based on Stipulation;

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * P neumococcal C onjugate ( “ Prevnar 13 ” )

* Vaccine; C ongestive H eart F ailure ;

Respondent. * T achycardia ; Acute P ericarditis ; C hronic

* F atigue

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Brian L. Cinelli

, Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP

, Buffalo, N Y

, f or P etit io ne r

. Emilie Williams

, U

. S

. De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for R espondent.

DECISIO N BASED ON STI PULATION 1

On February 22 , 201 9

, Mary Cressell ( “ 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 pneumococcal

conjugate ( “ Prevnar 13 ” ) v accine administered on February 25 , 201 6

, she d eveloped congestive

heart failure, tachycardia, acute pericarditis, and chronic fatigue

. P etition at Preamble (ECF No.

1 )

.

On August 3 , 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

. 62 ). Responde nt denies that the Prevnar 13

1 B ecause this Decision contai ns 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 (20 1 2) ( F ederal

Management and Promo tion 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 medica l o r o ther information, the discl osure

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 ac c es s.

2 The National Vaccine I njury 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 ecisio n

to indi v idua l s ection s of t he Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S. C . § 300aa

. 

# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

Filed: August 3, 20222

The parties stipu late that P eti ti oner shall receive the following compensati on:

A lump sum of $ 46

, 277

. 14 in the form of a check payable to P etitioner

.

T h is amount r epresent s compe n s ation for all dam ages that woul d 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 t h e 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 Mast e r

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. vaccinati on cause d any of Petitioner ’ s injuries or her current condition. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless,

the parties agree t o the joint stipul ation, at tached here to as Appe ndix A. The undersigned finds

the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the

terms set forth therein.