VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_13-vv-00231
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_13-vv-00231
Petitioner: P.T.
Filed: 2015-04-08
Decided: 2015-04-29
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20000

AI-assisted case summary:
Rosemary and Wayne Trezza, as the parents and natural guardians of their minor child P.T., filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 2, 2013. The petition sought compensation for P.T. The specific vaccine(s), date(s) of vaccination, and the alleged injury or condition were not detailed in the provided decision documents. On November 5, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation detailing an award amount, which Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found to be reasonable and granted. Subsequently, on April 6, 2015, the parties filed a joint stipulation regarding attorney's fees and costs. Petitioners' counsel, Mark T. Sadaka, and respondent's counsel, Jennifer Leigh Reynaud, agreed that Petitioners' counsel should receive a lump sum of $20,000.00, payable jointly to Petitioners and their counsel. Special Master Corcoran approved this amount as reasonable and ordered that judgment be entered in accordance with the stipulation. The decision noted that the parties could request redaction of confidential information before public posting.

Theory of causation field:
The public decision does not describe the specific vaccine(s) administered, the date(s) of vaccination, the alleged injury or condition, or the theory of causation. The case proceeded to a stipulation for an award amount and attorney's fees and costs. Special Master Brian H. Corcoran approved a joint stipulation for attorney's fees and costs in the amount of $20,000.00, payable jointly to Petitioners and Petitioners' counsel, Mark T. Sadaka. The decision was issued on April 29, 2015, following a petition filed on April 2, 2013.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_13-vv-00231-0
Date issued/filed: 2014-12-02
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/5/2014) regarding 39 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Special Master Brian H. Corcoran.)(mpj) Copy to parties.
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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_13-vv-00231-1
Date issued/filed: 2015-04-29
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/08/2015) regarding 45 DECISION Fees Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ag) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:13-vv-00231-UNJ Document 49 Filed 04/29/15 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 13-231V
(Not to be published)
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ROSEMARY TREZZA and WAYNE TREZZA, *
as the Parents and Natural Guardians of P.T., *
a minor, *
* Filed: April 8, 2015
Petitioners, *
* Decision by Stipulation; Attorney’s
v. * Fees & Costs
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *
HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Mark T. Sadaka, Englewood, NJ, for Petitioner
Jennifer Leigh Reynaud, Washington, DC, for Respondent
ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS DECISION1
On April 2, 2013, Rosemary and Wayne Trezza filed a petition as the parents and natural
guardians of P.T., a minor, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program (Athe Vaccine Program@). On November 5, 2014, the parties filed a
stipulation detailing an amount to be awarded to Petitioners. I subsequently issued a decision
finding the parties’ stipulation to be reasonable and granting Petitioners the award outlined by
the stipulation.
1 Because this decision contains a reasoned explanation for my action in this case, I will post this 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 42
U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the posted decision’s inclusion of certain kinds of
confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has 14 days within which to request
redaction “of any information furnished by that party: (1) that is a trade secret or commercial or financial in
substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, the whole decision will
be available to the public. (Id.)

Case 1:13-vv-00231-UNJ Document 49 Filed 04/29/15 Page 2 of 2
On April 6, 2015, counsel for both parties filed another joint stipulation, this time in
regards to attorney’s fees and costs. The parties have stipulated that Petitioners’ counsel should
receive a lump sum of $20,000.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioners and Petitioners’
counsel. This amount represents a sum to which respondent does not object. In addition, and in
compliance with General Order #9, Petitioners have represented that they did incur any
reimbursable costs in proceeding on this petition.
I approve the requested amount for attorney’s fees and costs as reasonable. Accordingly,
an award should be made in the form of a check in the amount of $20,000.00 payable jointly to
Petitioners and Petitioners’ counsel, Mark T. Sadaka, Esq. In the absence of a motion for review
filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of the court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in
accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by filing a joint notice renouncing their
right to seek review.