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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00953
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00953
Petitioner: Carrie Reyes
Filed: 2014-10-06
Decided: 2015-09-10
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2011-10-13
Condition: atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), neurogenic bladder, and other associated conditions and symptoms
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 158927

AI-assisted case summary:
Carrie Reyes filed a petition for compensation on October 6, 2014, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 13, 2011, caused her to develop atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), neurogenic bladder, and other associated conditions and symptoms. She further alleged that these injuries resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccination caused Ms. Reyes's GBS, CIDP, neurogenic bladder, or any other injury, and denied that her current disabilities were sequelae of these injuries. Despite the denial, the parties reached a joint stipulation for compensation. The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms. Reyes a total of $158,927.36. This amount included $48,927.36 to satisfy a Medicaid lien and $110,000.00 for all remaining damages. The case was resolved through this stipulation, and judgment was entered accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00953-0
Date issued/filed: 2015-09-10
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/03/2015) regarding 37 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (tpj) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:14-vv-00953-UNJ Document 40 Filed 09/10/15 Page 1 of 8
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* No. 14-953V
CARRIE REYES, * Special Master Moran
*
Petitioner, * Filed: August 3, 2015
*
v. * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
* atypical Guillain-Barré Syndrome
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * (“GBS”); chronic inflammatory
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * demyelinating polyneuropathy
* (“CIDP”); neurogenic bladder and
Respondent. * other associated conditions and
* symptoms.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mark Sadaka, Sadaka Associates, LLC, Engelwood, NJ, for Petitioner;
Heather Pearlman, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On July 31, 2015, respondent filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition
for compensation filed by Carrie Reyes on October 6, 2014. In her petition, Ms.
Reyes alleged that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine, which is contained in the Vaccine
Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), and which she received on
October 13, 2011, caused her to develop atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome
(“GBS”), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”),
neurogenic bladder, and other associated conditions and symptoms. Petitioner
further alleges that she experienced residual effects of these injuries for more than
six months. Petitioner represent that there has been no prior award or settlement of
a civil action for damages as a result of her condition.
Respondent denies that petitioner’s GBS, CIDP, neurogenic bladder, or any
other injury was caused-in-fact by petitioner’s October 13, 2011 flu vaccination,
and denies that her current disabilities are sequelae of these injuries.
1 The E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (Dec. 17,
2002), requires that the Court post this decision on its website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b),
the party has 14 days to file a motion proposing redaction of medical information or other
information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4). Any redactions ordered by the special
master will appear in the document posted on the website.

Case 1:14-vv-00953-UNJ Document 40 Filed 09/10/15 Page 2 of 8
Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto as
“Appendix A.” The undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as
the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Damages awarded in that stipulation include:
A. A lump sum payment of $48,927.36, representing compensation for
full satisfaction of the State of Wisconsin Medicaid lien, in the form
of a check payable jointly to petitioner; and
Optum
75 Remittance Drive
Suite 6019
Chicago, IL 60675-6019
Re: File Number 26498667
Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Optum; and
B. A lump sum payment of $110,000.00 in the form of a check payable
to petitioner, Carrie Reyes. U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(1)(B). This amount
represents compensation for all remaining damages that would be
available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment in case 14-953V according to this decision
and the attached stipulation.2
Any questions may be directed to my law clerk, Mary Holmes, at (202) 357-
6360.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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