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 28, 2014.
Theory of causation
The public text does not describe the specific vaccine(s) administered, the date(s) of vaccination, the petitioner's age at vaccination, or the alleged condition. The case resulted in a compensated outcome via a stipulation for attorneys' fees and costs. The stipulation, filed on March 6, 2014, requested $66,000.00 for attorneys' fees and costs, noting that the petitioner advanced no reimbursable costs. Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the petition was brought in good faith with a reasonable basis, deeming the stipulation reasonable and awarding the lump sum of $66,000.00, payable jointly to petitioner Eddie Maxie and his counsel, Lawrence R. Cohan. The decision was issued on March 28, 2014. No specific theory of causation, medical experts, or mechanism of injury were detailed in the provided public text.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_09-vv-00776