VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00241
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00241
Petitioner: Felita Justina Patterson
Filed: 2014-01-01
Decided: 2016-02-10
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 56112

AI-assisted case summary:
Felita Justina Patterson filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case proceeded to a joint stipulation for compensation. On February 10, 2016, Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth issued a decision regarding attorney fees and costs. The respondent did not object to the requested fees and costs. The decision awarded a total of $56,112.98. This amount included a lump sum of $54,893.11 payable jointly to petitioner Felita Patterson and her attorney, Lisa A. Roquemore, and a lump sum of $1,219.87 payable to petitioner Felita Patterson. Special Master Roth found the stipulated fees to be reasonable and awarded them accordingly. The clerk of the court was directed to enter judgment.

Theory of causation field:
The public text does not describe the specific condition or theory of causation for which compensation was awarded. The case proceeded to a joint stipulation for compensation, and the Special Master's decision on February 10, 2016, addressed attorney fees and costs based on that stipulation. The respondent did not object to the requested fees and costs. The award totaled $56,112.98, with $54,893.11 payable jointly to petitioner Felita Patterson and her attorney, Lisa A. Roquemore, and $1,219.87 payable to petitioner Felita Patterson. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth found the stipulated fees reasonable. No specific vaccine, vaccination date, or medical condition is detailed in the provided text.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00241-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-05-13
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 2/10/2016) regarding 51 DECISION Fees Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (jdm) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:14-vv-00241-UNJ Document 54 Filed 05/13/16 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
(Filed: February 10, 2016)
No. 14-241V
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FELITA JUSTINA PATTERSON, *
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Petitioner, * Attorney Fees and Costs; Stipulation
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v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Lisa A. Roquemore, Esq., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, for petitioner.
Julia W. McInerny, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS1
Roth, Special Master:
In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,2 I issued a
decision on December 4, 2015 that awarded compensation pursuant to the parties’ joint
stipulation. On February 9, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation for attorney fees and costs. The
stipulation indicates that respondent does not object to the amount petitioner is requesting.
Additionally, pursuant to General Order #9, the stipulation notes that petitioner incurred some
personal litigation costs.
Respondent agrees to issue the following payments:
(1) A lump sum of $54,893.11 in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner, Felita
Patterson, and the Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore.
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I intend to 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)). In
accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to delete medical or other
information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree
that the identified material fits within this definition, I will delete such material from public access.
2 The applicable statutory provisions defining the program are found at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2006).

Case 1:14-vv-00241-UNJ Document 54 Filed 05/13/16 Page 2 of 2
(2) A lump sum of $1,219.87 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Felita
Patterson.
I find that the amount of stipulated fees is reasonable and thus an award for fees and costs
is appropriate pursuant to § 300aa-15(e)(1). The clerk of the court shall enter judgment in
accordance herewith.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
3 Entry of judgment can be expedited by each party’s filing of a notice renouncing the right to seek review. See
Vaccine Rule 11(a).
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