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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_11-vv-00670
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_11-vv-00670
Petitioner: Carolyn J. Roberson
Filed: 2011-01-01
Decided: 2014-05-20
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Vaccination date: 
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Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
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 The decision was unpublished and intended for posting on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, with parties having 14 days to request redaction of trade secret, commercial,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.

Theory of causation field:
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 injury. A prior decision by Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman on December 5, 2013, is not available in the public staging. The case proceeded to a stipulation concerning attorneys' fees and costs, filed on April 28, 2014. Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman found the petition was brought in good faith with a reasonable basis, awarding $90,137.72 in total attorneys' fees and costs, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and (e)(1). The award consisted of $86,500.00 payable jointly to petitioner Carolyn J. Roberson and her counsel Lisa A. Roquemore, Esq., and $3,637.72 payable to petitioner. The specific theory of causation, any medical experts, or the mechanism of injury were not detailed in the provided public text.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_11-vv-00670-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-05-20
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/28/2014) regarding 69 DECISION Fees Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman. (dlb) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:11-vv-00670-UNJ Document 72 Filed 05/20/14 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 11-670V
(E-Filed: April 28, 2014)
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CAROLYN J. ROBERSON, * UNPUBLISHED
*
Petitioner, * Special Master
* Hamilton-Fieldman
v. *
* Decision on Attorneys’ Fees and Costs.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *
HUMAN SERVICES, *
*
Respondent. * .
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lisa A. Roquemore, Law Offices of Lisa A. Roquemore, Irvine, CA, for Petitioner.
Debra A. Begley, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION1 (ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS)
In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,2 the
undersigned issued a decision on December 5, 2013. On April 28, 2014, the parties filed
a stipulation concerning attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter. The parties’ stipulation
requests a total payment of $90,137.72, representing total attorneys’ fees and costs.
1 The undersigned intends to post this unpublished 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.” 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).
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Case 1:11-vv-00670-UNJ Document 72 Filed 05/20/14 Page 2 of 2
I find that this petition was brought in good faith and that there existed a
reasonable basis for the claim. Therefore, an award for fees and costs is appropriate,
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and (e)(1). Further, the proposed amount seems
reasonable and appropriate. Accordingly, I hereby award the amount of $86, 500.00,
in the form of a check made payable jointly to Petitioner and Petitioner’s counsel,
Lisa A. Roquemore, Esq., of the Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore. I additionally
award the amount of $3,637.72, in the form of a check made payable to Petitioner.
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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
Special Master
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