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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00816
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00816
Petitioner: GARRY MEARS
Filed: 2014-01-10
Decided: 2014-01-10
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 50775

AI-assisted case summary:
Garry Mears filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. This decision addresses attorney's fees and costs. Petitioner's counsel requested a total of $50,774.51, comprising $50,000.00 in attorney's fees and $774.51 in litigation costs. Respondent did not object to these amounts. The court found the requested fees and costs to be reasonable and awarded them. Judgment was to be entered accordingly unless a motion for review was filed.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00816-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-12-10
Pages: 2
Docket text: Docketed for Administrative Purposes PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/10/14) regarding 49 DECISION of Special Master - Fees. Signed by Special Master George L. Hastings. (tjk) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 10-816V
(Not to be published)
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GARRY MEARS, *
* Filed: January 10, 2014
Petitioner, *
* Decision on Attorney’s
v. * Fees and Costs
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *
HUMAN SERVICES *
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Respondent. *
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DECISION1 (ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS)
In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,2 I issue a decision
on August 15, 2013. On January 9, 2014, petitioner’s counsel, Anne Toale, and respondent’s
counsel, Jennifer Reynaud, jointly filed a stipulation concerning attorney’s fees and costs in this
matter.3 Petitioner’s counsel requested a total payment of $50,774.51, representing attorney’s
fees and costs of $50,000.00 and $774.51 in costs expended by petitioner. The parties’
stipulation confirmed that respondent has no objection to the amounts requested.
An award for fees and costs is appropriate at this time, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
15(b) and (e)(1). Further, the proposed amounts seem reasonable and appropriate. Accordingly,
I hereby award the following attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and
(e)(1):
1 The undersigned intends to post this decision on the United States Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance
with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, § 205, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44
U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). As provided by Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has 14 days within which to request
redaction “of any information furnished by that party (1) that is trade secret or commercial or financial information
and is privileged or confidential, or (2) that are medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, “the entire” decision will be
available to the public. Id.
2 The applicable statutory provisions defining the program are found at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2006).
3 The stipulation was filed by petitioner’s counsel but was signed by counsel for both parties.

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• a lump sum of $50,000.00, in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner
and petitioner’s counsel, Anne Carrion Toale, on account of services performed
by counsel’s law firm.
• a lump sum of $774.51, in the form of a check payable to petitioner, which
represents petitioner’s own litigation expenses in this case.
In the absence of a timely-filed motion for review filed pursuant to Appendix B of the
Rules of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the clerk of the court shall enter judgment in
accordance herewith.4
IT IS SO ORDERED
/s/ George L. Hastings, Jr.
George L. Hastings, Jr.
Special Master
4 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by filing a joint notice renouncing the
right to seek review.