# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

Filed: June 17, 2019

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LEAH SOOS

, * UNPUBLISHED

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* No. 1 6

- 626 V

Petitioner, *

v. * Special Master Gowen

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Influenza (“flu”); Chronic Inflammatory

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Demyelinating Polyneurop athy ( “ CIDP ” );

* Stipulation for A ward.

Respondent. *

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Leah V. Durant

, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Wash ington, D.C., for petitioner.

Amy P

. Kokot

, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

DECISION FOR STIPULATION 1

On May 26, 2016

, Leah Soos (“petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation under the

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 2 Petition at Preamble. Petitioner received an

influenza (“flu”) vaccine on October 9, 2014

. Id. at 4 ; Stipulation at ¶ 2 (ECF No. 139).

Petitioner alleged that as a result of receiving the flu vaccination, s he suf fered chronic

inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”). Petition at Preamble ; Stipulation at ¶ 4.

On June 17, 201 9, respondent filed a stipulation providing that a decision should be

entered awarding compensation to petitioner. Stipulation at ¶ 7. Respondent denies that

petitioner ’ s allege d injuries are c aused by the flu vaccine. Id. at ¶ 6. Maintaining their

respective positions, the parities never theless now agree that the issues bet ween them shall be

1 P ursuant to the E

- Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), b ecause this opinion contains a

reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required to post it on the website of the United States Court of

Federal Claims. The court’s website is at http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/aggregator/sources/7

. This means the

opinion will be available to anyone with access to the Internet. Before the opinion is posted on the court’s

website, eac h party has 14 days to file a motion requesting redaction “of any information furnished by that party:

(1) that is a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that

includes medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). “An objecting party must provide the court with a proposed redacted version of the

decision.” Id. If neither party files a motion for redaction within 14 days, the opinion will be posted on the

court’s website without any changes. Id.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine

Injury A ct of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99

- 660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa

- 1 to

- 34 (2012)

(Vaccine Act or the Act). All citations in this decision to individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. §

300aa.settled and that a decision should be entered awarding compensa tion to petitioner according to

the terms of the stipulation attached hereto as Appendi x A. Id . at ¶ 7.

The stipulation awards:

1) A lump su m of $175,000 in the form of a check payable to petitioner. This

amount represents compensation fo r all damages that would be available under

42 U.S.C. § 300aa

- 15(a)

.

I adopt the parties ’ stipulation attached hereto, and award compensation in the amou nt

and on the terms set for th therein. The Clerk of the Court SHALL ENTER JUDGM ENT in

accordance with the terms of the parties ’ stipulation. 3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Thomas L. Gowen

Tho mas L. Gowen

Special Master

3 Entry of judgment is expediated by each party ’ s filing notice renouncing the right to seek review. Vaccine Rule

11(a).