Carolyn J. Roberson v. HHS - other (2014)

Carolyn J. Roberson filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The petition was filed in 2011. Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman issued a decision on December 5, 2013, but the details of this decision, including the specific vaccine(s) administered, the alleged injury, and the outcome of the merits proceeding, are not described in the provided public text.

On April 28, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation concerning attorneys' fees and costs. Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman found that the petition was brought in good faith and that there existed a reasonable basis for the claim, making an award for fees and costs appropriate under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and (e)(1).

The total award for attorneys' fees and costs was $90,137.72. This amount was to be paid as $86,500.00 jointly to Carolyn J.

Roberson and her counsel, Lisa A. Roquemore, Esq., of the Law Office of Lisa A.

Roquemore, and $3,637.72 directly to Carolyn J. Roberson.

The decision was unpublished and intended for posting on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, with parties having 14 days to request redaction of trade secret, commercial, financial, or medical information that would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.