Court Opinion

ID: 6321707
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Date Created: 2022-03-09 22:01:21.47747+00
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                         No. 20-1295V
                                        UNPUBLISHED

    JYL ANN POTEET,                                         Chief Special Master Corcoran

                        Petitioner,                         Filed: February 4, 2022
    v.
                                                            Special Processing Unit (SPU);
    SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND                                 Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
    HUMAN SERVICES,                                         Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
                                                            Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
                       Respondent.

John Robert Howie, Howie Law, PC, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Claudia Barnes Gangi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

                                   RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

       On September 30, 2021, Jyl Ann Poteet filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”)
which was caused-in-fact by the influenza vaccine she received on October 3, 2017.
Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 21. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccination in the
United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her GBS for more than six months,
and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or received compensation
for her GBS. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 19-20. The case was assigned to the Special Processing
Unit of the Office of Special Masters.

1 Because this unpublished Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required
to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-Government Act
of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.

2National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).
        On February 4, 2022, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes
that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at
2. Specifically, Respondent believes “[P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation.” Id. at 4. Respondent
further agrees that “based on the case record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied
all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id.

       In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.

      IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                         s/Brian H. Corcoran
                                                         Brian H. Corcoran
                                                         Chief Special Master

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