Eddie Maxie v. HHS - other (2014)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Eddie Maxie filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case progressed to a point where the parties, Eddie Maxie and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a stipulation concerning attorneys' fees and costs.
This stipulation requested a payment of $66,000.00 for attorneys' fees and costs. Petitioner did not advance any reimbursable costs.
The Special Master, Nora Beth Dorsey, found that the petition was brought in good faith and had a reasonable basis, making an award for fees and costs appropriate. The stipulation was deemed reasonable, and Special Master Dorsey awarded a lump sum of $66,000.00 for attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to Eddie Maxie and his counsel, Lawrence R.
Cohan. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with this decision unless a motion for review was timely filed.
The decision was issued on March 7, 2014.