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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00445
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00445
Petitioner: MITCH STEINBERG
Filed: 2014-01-31
Decided: 2014-01-31
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 31340

AI-assisted case summary:
Mitch Steinberg filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case progressed to a point where the parties filed a stipulation of fact regarding attorneys' fees and costs. Petitioner's counsel submitted a request for fees and costs, which was amended to $31,340.34 after respondent raised objections. Respondent did not object to the amended amount. The Special Master found the amount to be reasonable and awarded $31,340.34 in attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioner and his counsel. 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-00445-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-02-21
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-00445-UNJ Document 47 Filed 02/21/14 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 12-445V
Filed: January 31, 2014
Not for Publication
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MITCH STEINBERG, *
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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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F. John Caldwell, Sarasota, FL, for petitioner.
Lara A. Englund, Washington, DC, for respondent.
MILLMAN, Special Master
DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS1
On January 31, 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1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the special master’s action in this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-00445-UNJ Document 47 Filed 02/21/14 Page 2 of 2
Petitioner submitted his request for attorneys’ fees and costs to respondent. 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
$31,340.34. Respondent does not object to this amount. The undersigned finds this amount to
be reasonable. Accordingly, the court awards $31,340.34, representing reimbursement for
attorneys’ fees and costs. The award shall be in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner
and Maglio, Christopher & Toale in the amount of $31,340.34.
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: January 31, 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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