Sandra Steinberg v. HHS - other (2014)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Sandra Steinberg, as the administrator of the Estate of Isaiah Steinberg, filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Special Master issued a decision on November 13, 2013, the details of which are not available in the provided text.
On May 28, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation concerning attorneys' fees and costs. Special Master Lisa D.
Hamilton-Fieldman issued a decision on June 18, 2014, awarding $62,984.00 in attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioner and petitioner's counsel, John F. McHugh, Esq.
This award was made after the Special Master found that the petition was brought in good faith and that there existed a reasonable basis for the claim, which is the standard applied when a petitioner has not received compensation under the Program. The specific vaccine(s), alleged injury, clinical details, and the substantive merits of the claim are not described in the available public text.
The respondent was represented by Linda S. Renzi of the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Theory of causation
The public text does not describe the specific vaccine(s) or the alleged injury, nor does it detail the clinical story or the Special Master's reasoning on the merits of the claim, as the underlying decision from November 13, 2013, is not available. The case involves a stipulation for attorneys' fees and costs filed on May 28, 2014, and a decision on those fees issued by Special Master Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman on June 18, 2014. The Special Master awarded $62,984.00 in attorneys' fees and costs, finding the petition was brought in good faith with a reasonable basis, indicating a non-prevailing petitioner standard. Petitioner was represented by John F. McHugh, Esq., and the respondent was represented by Linda S. Renzi. The petition was filed on June 18, 2010.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00356