In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

Filed: January 6, 2022

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Unpublished 

JOSEPH H. ROBINSON, *

Petitioner, * No. 18-521V

*

v. * Special Master Gowen

*

SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decision on Stipulation;

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Pneumococcal conjugate

* (“Prevnar13”); Parsonage-Turner

Respondent. * Syndrome. 

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Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA., for petitioner. 

Catherine E. Stolar, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent. 

DECISION ON STIPULATION1

On April 9, 2018, Joseph H. Robinson (“petitioner”), filed a petition for compensation 

under the National Vaccine Injury Program.2 Petition (ECF No. 1). Petitioner alleges that as a 

result of receiving the pneumococcal conjugate (“Prevnar13”) vaccine on April 28, 2015, he 

suffered from Parsonage-Turner Syndrome. Id. at Preamble. 

On January 6, 2022, respondent filed a stipulation providing that a decision should be 

entered awarding compensation to petitioner. Stipulation (“Stip.”) (ECF No. 54). Respondent 

denies that the Prevnar 13 vaccine is the cause of petitioner’s Parsonage-Turner Syndrome or any 

other injury or his current condition. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless, maintaining their respective 

positions, the parties now agree that the issues between them shall be settled and that a decision 

1 Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), because 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, each 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 Act 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. 
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should be entered awarding the compensation to the petitioner according to the terms of the 

stipulation attached hereto as Appendix A. Id. at ¶ 7.

The stipulation provides:

a) A lump sum of $40,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner. This 

amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available under 

42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). 

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with 

the terms of the stipulation and this decision.3

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

s/Thomas L. Gowen

Thomas L. Gowen

Special Master

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

11(a).