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Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00695
Petitioner: Mark Lattimore
Filed: 2015-02-26
Decided: 2015-03-19
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2013-10-14
Condition: reactive arthritis and serum sickness
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 77500

AI-assisted case summary:
Mark Lattimore filed a petition on February 26, 2015, alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 14, 2013, caused him to suffer from reactive arthritis and serum sickness. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu immunization caused any injury to Mr. Lattimore. However, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages and attorneys' fees, which the Special Master adopted as the decision of the Court. Mr. Lattimore was awarded a lump sum of $77,500.00 for all damages. Additionally, attorneys' fees and costs totaling $17,379.18 were awarded, jointly payable to Mr. Lattimore and his attorneys, Andrew D. Downing of Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC, and Hennelly & Steadman PLC. The parties agreed to expedite the entry of judgment by renouncing the right to seek review. Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman issued the decision on March 19, 2015.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Mark Lattimore alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on October 14, 2013, caused him to suffer from reactive arthritis and serum sickness. The respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for damages and attorneys' fees, which Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman adopted as the decision of the Court on March 19, 2015. The stipulation resulted in an award of $77,500.00 for all damages and $17,379.18 for attorneys' fees and costs, jointly payable to Petitioner and his attorneys. The public decision does not describe the specific theory of causation, medical experts, onset, symptoms, tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00695-0
Date issued/filed: 2015-03-19
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/26/2015) regarding 23 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman. (jb) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:14-vv-00695-UNJ Document 27 Filed 03/19/15 Page 1 of 7
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 14-695V
Filed: February 26, 2015
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UNPUBLISHED
MARK LATTIMORE, *
* Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman
Petitioner, *
* Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine; Reactive
* Arthritis; Serum Sickness;
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Attorneys’ Fees and Costs;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Reasonable Amount Requested To
* Which Respondent Does Not Object.
Respondent. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Andrew Downing, Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.
Gordon Shemin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
DECISION1
On August 4, 2014, Mark Lattimore (“Petitioner”) filed a petition pursuant to the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (2006).
Petitioner alleged that an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered to him on October 14, 2013
caused him to suffer from reactive arthritis and serum sickness.
On February 25, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation in which they state that a decision
should be entered awarding compensation and attorneys’ fees. Respondent denies that the flu
1 Because this decision contains a reasoned explanation for the undersigned’s action in this case,
the undersigned intends to post this ruling on the website of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, 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
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).
2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended,
42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (2006) (Vaccine Act or the Act). All citations in this decision to
individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. § 300aa.
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Case 1:14-vv-00695-UNJ Document 27 Filed 03/19/15 Page 2 of 7
immunization caused any injury to Petitioner. Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint
stipulation, attached hereto as Appendix A. The undersigned finds the stipulation reasonable and
adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages and attorneys’ fees, on the terms set
forth therein.
The parties stipulate that Petitioner and his attorney shall receive the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $77,500.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioner. This
amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available under 42
U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a);
A lump sum of $15,178.14 in the form of a check jointly payable to Petitioner and
Petitioner’s attorney, Andrew D. Downing, and Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC, for
attorneys’ fees and costs available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e); and
A lump sum of $2,201.04 in the form of a check jointly payable to Petitioner and
Petitioner’s attorney, Andrew D. Downing, and Hennelly & Steadman PLC, for all
remaining attorneys’ fees and costs available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e). In
compliance with General Order #9, Petitioner represents that he incurred no personal,
out-of-pocket expenses in proceeding on the petition.
Stipulation ¶ 8.
The undersigned approves the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation and for
attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, an award should be made consistent with the stipulation.
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.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman
Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment is expedited by the parties’ joint filing of
notice renouncing the right to seek review.
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