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Total lump sum $1,539,973.36 + annuity. Interim fees $36,000 (Gage, Richard Gage PC, Cheyenne WY).","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2013-07-18","case_summary":"David Fairchild filed a petition on July 18, 2013, alleging that a tetanus vaccination he received on February 29, 2012 caused him to develop bilateral brachial plexus neuritis with partial diaphragm paralysis. On October 30, 2013, respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report conceding that petitioner had demonstrated a Table Injury of brachial neuritis and was entitled to compensation.\n\nThe case proceeded to a protracted damages phase spanning more than six years. The parties reached agreement on all damages components except loss of future earnings. In April 2017, Special Master Corcoran denied petitioner's request for future lost earnings, and the Court of Federal Claims subsequently remanded the matter in December 2017 in light of new long-term disability evidence petitioner had submitted. 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