{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_06-vv-00227","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_06-vv-00227-cl2648021","petitioner_identifier":"R.B.M.","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"MMR","vaccination_date":"2003-12-19","condition_raw":"encephalitis","condition_category":"encephalitis_encephalopathy","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":969474,"decision_date":"2013-12-03","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T14:30:45.016908+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioners Saeid B. Mojabi and Parivash Vahabi, as parents of R.B.M., filed a petition alleging a Table Injury encephalopathy following an MMR vaccination on December 19, 2003. Respondent conceded that R.B.M. suffered encephalitis within five to fifteen days of the MMR vaccine, which is a Table Injury. This concession led to a Proffer on an Award of Compensation. The Special Master accepted the concession and awarded compensation. The specific medical experts, mechanism of injury, onset, symptoms, tests, and treatments are not detailed in the public decision. The award was $969,474.91 for R.B.M., $20,000.00 for unreimbursable expenses, and $480.34 for a Medicaid lien, plus $68,710.50 in attorney's fees and costs. The decision date was December 13, 2012, with judgment entered December 17, 2012. The subsequent ruling on December 3, 2013, by Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman, denied Petitioners' motion to remove certain opinions from the court website, citing the E-Government Act and the untimeliness of redaction requests. Attorneys for Petitioners and Respondent are not named in the provided text.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2006-03-23","case_summary":"Saeid B. Mojabi and Parivash Vahabi, as parents and legal representatives of their minor son, R.B.M., filed a petition on March 23, 2006, alleging that R.B.M. suffered a Table Injury encephalopathy as a result of an MMR vaccination received on December 19, 2003. They also alleged autism as an alternative claim. Initially, the claim for encephalopathy was denied due to insufficient evidence, and the autism allegations were transferred to the Omnibus Autism Proceedings. After new medical records and affidavits were submitted, Respondent conceded that R.B.M. had encephalitis within five to fifteen days following the MMR vaccine, which is a Table Injury. Based on this concession, a Proffer on an Award of Compensation was filed. On December 13, 2012, a decision was issued awarding Petitioners $969,474.91 for R.B.M.'s benefit, plus $20,000.00 for unreimbursable expenses and $480.34 for a Medicaid lien. Petitioners and Respondent agreed not to seek review, and judgment was entered on December 17, 2012. Petitioners were also awarded $68,710.50 in attorney's fees and costs. Subsequently, on September 9, 2013, Petitioners filed a Post-Judgment Motion for Relief, later amended on October 8, 2013. They requested that certain past opinions and the current motion not be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, citing unwanted media attention due to a misunderstanding that they were compensated for autism rather than a Table Injury encephalopathy. Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman denied this motion on December 3, 2013 (re-issued for redaction). The Special Master explained that under the E-Government Act of 2002, all written opinions must be posted online. The motion to remove past opinions was denied as untimely and because the parties had not requested redaction within the 14-day window. The request to not post the current motion was deemed moot as such motions are not publicly posted. The request to not post the resulting order was denied, as it constituted a written opinion that must be posted. The Special Master noted that while R.B.M.'s name was redacted to initials, the core facts of the case, including the Table Injury encephalopathy and the award, could not be removed, and that mere unwanted media attention does not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy sufficient to justify redaction beyond the minor's identity. The public decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, tests, or treatments for R.B.M.'s condition, nor does it name specific medical experts for either party.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"Patricia E. 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