VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00145
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00145
Petitioner: WILLIE RANSOM
Filed: 2014-02-07
Decided: 2014-02-07
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 25000

AI-assisted case summary:
Willie Ransom filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case proceeded to a decision awarding attorneys' fees and costs. The parties filed a stipulation of fact on February 7, 2014, agreeing on the amount for attorneys' fees and costs. Petitioner asserted that he incurred no costs. Petitioner initially sought $27,841.99 in attorneys' fees and costs, but amended the application to $25,000.00 after respondent raised objections. Respondent did not object to the amended amount. The Special Master found the amount to be reasonable and awarded $25,000.00, payable jointly to Willie Ransom and his attorneys. Judgment was to be entered 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_12-vv-00145-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-02-25
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION Signed by Special Master Laura D Millman. (tlj) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:12-vv-00145-UNJ Document 34 Filed 02/25/14 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 12-145V
Filed: February 7, 2014
Not for Publication
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WILLIE RANSOM, *
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Petitioner, * Attorneys’ fees and costs decision based on
* stipulation of fact
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Lawrence R. Cohan, Philadelphia, PA, for petitioner.
Julia W. McInerny, Washington, DC, for respondent.
MILLMAN, Special Master
DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS1
On February 7, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation of fact in which they agreed on an
appropriate amount for attorneys’ fees and costs in this case.
In accordance with the General Order #9 requirement, petitioner asserts that he did not
incur any costs in pursuit of his petition.
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the special master’s action in this
case, the special master intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States Court of Federal
Claims’s website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2899,
2913 (Dec. 17, 2002). Vaccine Rule 18(b) states that all decisions of the special masters will be made
available to the public unless they contain trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is
privileged and confidential, or medical or similar information whose disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy. When such a decision is filed, petitioner has 14 days to identify and
move to redact such information prior to the document=s disclosure. If the special master, upon review,
agrees that the identified material fits within the banned categories listed above, the special master shall
redact such material from public access.

Case 1:12-vv-00145-UNJ Document 34 Filed 02/25/14 Page 2 of 2
On January 10, 2014, petitioners filed an Application for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
seeking an award of $27,841.99. During informal discussions, respondent raised objections to
certain items in petitioner’s application. Based on these objections, petitioner amends his
application for attorneys’ fees and costs to $25,000.00. Respondent does not object to this
amount. The undersigned finds this amount to be reasonable. Accordingly, the court awards
$25,000.00, representing reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs. The award shall be in the
form of a check payable jointly to petitioner and Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman &
Smalley, P.C., in the amount of $25,000.00.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of the
court is directed to enter judgment herewith.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 7, 2014 s/ Laura D. Millman
Laura D. Millman
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party, either separately or
jointly, filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review.
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