VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00587
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_12-vv-00587
Petitioner: KIMBERLY M. PEREZ
Filed: 2014-04-02
Decided: 2014-04-02
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20027

AI-assisted case summary:
Kimberly M. Perez filed an application for attorneys' fees and costs totaling $26,445.54. Following discussions where respondent raised objections to certain items, petitioner amended her request to $20,027.79. Respondent did not object to this revised amount. The Special Master found the amount to be reasonable and awarded $20,027.79 in attorneys' fees and costs. The award was to be paid jointly to petitioner Kimberly M. Perez and her attorney, Neal J. Fialkow. The court directed that judgment 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-00587-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-04-23
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/02/2014) regarding 25 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master Laura D Millman. (tlj) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:12-vv-00587-UNJ Document 26 Filed 04/23/14 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 12-587V
Filed: April 2, 2014
Not for Publication
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KIMBERLY M. PEREZ, *
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Petitioner, * Attorneys’ fees and costs decision; amount
* to which respondent does not object
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Neal J. Fialkow, Pasadena, CA, for petitioner.
Alexis B. Babcock, Washington, DC, for respondent.
MILLMAN, Special Master
DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS1
On March 25, 2014, petitioner filed an application for attorneys’ fees and costs, requesting
reimbursement for fees and costs in the amount of $26,445.54.
On April 2, 2014, the parties informed the undersigned’s law clerk that during informal
discussions, respondent raised objections to certain items in petitioner’s application. Based on
these objections, petitioner amends her request for reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs to
$20,027.79. Respondent does not object to this amount. The undersigned finds this amount to
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-00587-UNJ Document 26 Filed 04/23/14 Page 2 of 2
be reasonable. Accordingly, the court awards $20,027.79, representing reimbursement for
attorneys’ fees and costs. The award shall be in the form of a check made payable jointly to
petitioner and Neal Fialkow, Esq. in the amount of $20,027.79.
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: April 2, 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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