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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00774
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00774
Petitioner: Wiley Terry
Filed: 2014-08-25
Decided: 2016-01-29
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2013-09-27
Condition: arm injury and/or brachial neuritis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 83382

AI-assisted case summary:
Wiley Terry filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 25, 2014, alleging that he developed an arm injury and/or brachial neuritis as a result of receiving Tdap, MMR, polio, influenza, and Twinrix immunizations on September 27, 2013. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that these immunizations caused the petitioner's injury. Despite the denial, the parties reached a settlement agreement. The joint stipulation, filed on November 13, 2015, outlined the terms of the settlement. The respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $70,000.00 to Wiley Terry as compensation for all damages. Additionally, the respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $13,382.38 to both Wiley Terry and his attorney, Anne C. Toale, Esq., to cover attorneys' fees and costs. The Special Master adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded the compensation as set forth therein, finding the stipulated fees to be reasonable. Judgment was directed to be entered in accordance with this decision.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00774-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-01-29
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/13/2015) regarding 36 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, DECISION Fees Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (jdm) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 14-774V
Filed: November 13, 2015
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WILEY TERRY, *
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Petitioner, *
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v. * Joint Stipulation on Damages; Attorney
* Fees and Costs; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Tdap Vaccine; MMR Vaccine; Polio
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine; Twinrix Vaccine; Brachial
* Neuritis
Respondent. *
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Anne Carrion Toale, Esq., Maglio Christopher and Toale, Sarasota, FL, for petitioner.
Justine E. Walters, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
Wiley Terry [“petitioner”] filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program2 on August 25, 2014. Petitioner alleges that he developed an arm
injury and/or brachial neuritis as a result of receiving Tdap, MMR, polio, influenza, and Twinrix
immunizations on September 27, 2013. See Stipulation, filed November 13, 2015, at ¶¶ 1-4.
Respondent denies that the Tdap, MMR, polio, influenza, or Twinrix immunizations caused
petitioner’s injury. Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On November 13, 2015, the
parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlement terms.
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), a party has 14 days to identify and move to delete medical or other
information, that satisfies the criteria in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B). Further, consistent with the rule
requirement, a motion for redaction must include a proposed redacted decision. If, upon review, I agree that the
identified material fits within the requirements of that provision, I will delete such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease of
citation, all “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa (2012).
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Respondent agrees to issue the following payments:
(1) A lump sum of $70,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Wiley
Terry. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available
under § 300aa-15(a); and
(2) A lump sum of $13,382.38 in the form of a check made payable to petitioner and
petitioner’s attorney, Anne C. Toale, Esq. This amount represents all attorneys’
fees and costs available under § 300aa-15(e). Petitioner’s counsel represents that, in
compliance with General Order #9, petitioner incurred no out-of-pocket expenses.
I adopt the parties’ stipulation attached hereto, and award compensation in the amount
and on the terms set forth therein. Further, 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 is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party filing a notice renouncing the
right to seek review.
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