Court Opinion

ID: 4665643
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-03-08 17:01:59.849641+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:02:44.309024
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                             OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

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DANIEL JENSON,           *
                         *                         No. 17-482V
             Petitioner, *                         Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v.                       *                         Filed: February 3, 2021
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH      *                         Stipulation; influenza vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES,      *                         Guillain-Barré
                         *                         syndrome (“GBS”).
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             Respondent. *
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John R. Howie, Jr., Howie Law, PC, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner;
Ryan D. Pyles, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

                             UNPUBLISHED DECISION1

       On February 2, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Daniel Jenson on April 4, 2017. Petitioner
alleged that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on or about September 25,
2015, which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R.
§100.3(a), caused him to suffer Guillain-Barré syndrome. Petitioner further alleges
that he suffered the residual effects of this injury for more than six months.
Petitioner represents that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil
action for damages on his behalf as a result of his condition.

       1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.
       Respondent denies that the vaccine either caused or significantly aggravated
petitioner’s alleged injury or any other injury, and denies that petitioner suffered
Table GBS within the timeframe set forth in the Table.

      Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

       Damages awarded in that stipulation include:

       A lump sum payment of $75,000.00 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).

       In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached
stipulation.2

       IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                     s/Christian J. Moran
                                                     Christian J. Moran
                                                     Special Master

       2  Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Fed eral
Claims judge.

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