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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CAROL CONSTANTINE , * UNPUBLISHED * P etitioner , * N o
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- 1685 V * v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis io n Based on Stipulation; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Measles, Mu mps, and Rubella ( “ MMR ” ) * Vacc in e; Pityriasis L ichenoides

. Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Andrew D

. Downing , Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC , Phoenix, A Z , f or petit io ne r
. Julian Collison , U

. S

. De partment of Justice, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1
On November 1 , 20 18 , C a rol Constantine ( “petitioner ”) 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 Measles , Mu mps, and Rub ella (“ MM R ”) v accine on December 1 , 201 5 , s he developed p ityriasis l ichenoides

. P etition at 1 (ECF No. 1 )

. On December 14 , 2021 , th e parties file d a st ipu lation rec ommendi n g an award of com pensat i on to peti tioner

. Stipulatio n (ECF N o. 81 ). Responde nt denies that petitioner sustained a der matologica l , or any o ther injury as a res ult of MMR vaccin ation

. Id. at ¶ 6.

1 B ecause this Decision 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 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 Government 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), petit 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 constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersi gned agrees that the iden tifie d mate ri al fits within this 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 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 Filed: December 14, 20212

Nevertheless , the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached 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 awarding damages, o n the terms set forth t herei n. The parties stipu late that peti ti oner shall receive the following compensation:
A lum p sum of $ 1 0 5 , 5 00 .00 i n the form of a che ck payab le to petitioner
. 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 petition er ’ s com pensa tion. A ccordingly, 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 RCFC App e n d ix B, t he Clerk of Court SH ALL ENTER JUDG M ENT in accordance with the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3
IT I S SO O RD ERED.
s/ Nora Beth Dorsey Nora Beth Dors e y Special Mast er

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 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.