Court Opinion

ID: 4287813
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Date Created: 2018-06-25 16:01:26.169148+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:37:19.897043
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                    OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                          Filed: May 31, 2018

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ANGELA VIGLIOTTI,                                   *                    UNPUBLISHED
                                                    *
                  Petitioner,                       *                    No. 12-281V
                                                    *
v.                                                  *                    Special Master Gowen
                                                    *
SECRETARY OF HEALTH                                 *
AND HUMAN SERVICES,                                 *                    Joint Stipulation; Influenza (“Flu”);
                                                    *                    Multiple Sclerosis (“MS”).
                  Respondent.                       *
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Mark T. Sadaka, Mark T. Sadaka, LLC, Englewood, NJ, for petitioner.
Lynn E. Ricciardella, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent

                                     DECISION ON STIPULATION1

        On May 3, 2012, Angela Vigliotti (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation
pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that she
suffers from multiple sclerosis (“MS”) that was either caused-in-fact or significantly aggravated
by an influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on September 8, 2010. Petition at Preamble;
Stipulation at ¶ 4.

        On May 31, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation (“Stipulation”) in which they state
that a decision should be entered awarding compensation to petitioner. ECF No. 146.
Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused or significantly aggravated petitioner’s alleged

1
  Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), because this decision contains a
reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I intend 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. Before the decision
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 decision
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-10 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.
MS, or any other injury, and denies that petitioner’s current disabilities are sequelae of a vaccine-
related injury. Id. at ¶ 6.

        Maintaining their above-stated positions, the parties nevertheless now agree that the
issues between them shall be settled and that a decision should be entered awarding
compensation to petitioner according to the terms of the joint stipulation attached hereto as
Appendix A.

         The joint stipulation awards:

         a. A lump sum of $100,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Angela
            Vigliotti. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be
            available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).

         b. A lump sum of $2,037.94, which amount represents reimbursement of a State of
            New York Medicaid lien, in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner and

                           New York State Department of Health
                           Resource Department
                           1031 Development Court
                           Kingston, NY 12401

              Petitioner agrees to endorse this check to the New York State Department of
              Health.

      I find the stipulation reasonable and I adopt it as the decision of the Court in
awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

        Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with
the terms of the parties’ stipulation.3

         IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                                s/Thomas L. Gowen
                                                                Thomas L. Gowen
                                                                Special Master

3
  Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment is expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice renouncing the
right to seek review.

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