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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00166
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00166
Petitioner: Regan M. Colombatto
Filed: 2014-02-06
Decided: 2014-02-06
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 10978

AI-assisted case summary:
Regan M. Colombatto filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case proceeded to a decision on attorneys' fees and costs. The parties filed a stipulation of fact agreeing on the amount of attorneys' fees and costs. Petitioner requested reimbursement for attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $10,628.71, and $350.00 for out-of-pocket expenses. Respondent indicated no objections to the application. The Special Master found the requested amounts to be reasonable and awarded $10,628.71 for attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioner and her attorneys, and $350.00 for petitioner's out-of-pocket expenses, payable to petitioner. Judgment was to be entered accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00166-0
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-00166-UNJ Document 48 Filed 02/25/14 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 12-166V
Filed: February 6, 2014
Not for Publication
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REGAN M. COLOMBATTO, *
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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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Ronald C. Homer, Boston, MA, for petitioner.
Alexis B. Babcock, Washington, DC, for respondent.
MILLMAN, Special Master
DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS1
On February 6, 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 she personally
incurred $350.00 in out-of-pocket expenses in pursuit of her petition. Petitioner submitted her
request for attorneys’ fees and costs to respondent. During informal discussions, respondent
indicated that she had no objections to petitioner’s application. Petitioner requests
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-00166-UNJ Document 48 Filed 02/25/14 Page 2 of 2
reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $10,628.71. Respondent does not
object to this amount. The undersigned finds this amount to be reasonable. Accordingly, the
court awards:
a. $10,628.71, representing reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs. The award
shall be in the form of a check made payable jointly to petitioner and Conway, Homer
& Chin-Caplan, P.C. in the amount of $10,628.71.
b. $350.00, representing reimbursement for petitioner’s out-of-pocket expenses. The
award shall be in the form of a check made payable to petitioner in the amount of
$350.00.
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 6, 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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