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Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00284
Petitioner: Malissa Ajeti
Filed: 2016-05-31
Decided: 2016-06-25
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2012-10-22
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 541705

AI-assisted case summary:
Malissa Ajeti filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on May 31, 2016, alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on October 22, 2012. She stated that she received the vaccination in the United States, had suffered the effects of her injury for more than six months, and had not received compensation for her vaccine-related injury. Respondent denied that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged GBS or any other injury. Nevertheless, on May 27, 2016, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Petitioner was awarded a lump sum of $541,705.24, which included compensation for first-year life care expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering, and past unreimbursable expenses. An additional amount was awarded to purchase an annuity contract.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00284-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-06-25
Pages: 9
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 5/31/16) re 25 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (tjk) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-0284V
Filed: May 31, 2016
Unpublished
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MALISSA AJETI, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Influenza (“flu”) Vaccine; Guillain-Barré
* Syndrome (“GBS”); Special Processing
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Unit (“SPU”)
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Edward M. Kraus, Law Offices of Chicago Kent, Chicago, IL, for petitioner.
Traci R. Patton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On March 19, 2015, Malissa Ajeti (“petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation
under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et
seq.,2 (the “Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome
(“GBS”) as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination she received on October 22, 2012.
Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed May 27, 2016, at ¶¶ 2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that
she received the vaccination in the United States, that she has suffered the effects of
her injury for more than six months, and that she has not received compensation for her
vaccine-related injury. Pet. at ¶¶ 44, 45; see also Stip. at ¶¶ 3, 4, 5. Respondent
denies that the influenza vaccine is the cause of petitioner’s alleged GBS, or any other
injury or condition. Stip. at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on May 27, 2016, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned intends to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, in accordance with
the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of
Electronic Government Services). In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner has 14 days to
identify and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits
within this definition, the undersigned will redact 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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finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding
damages, on the terms set forth therein.
The parties stipulate that petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
(1) A lump sum of $541,705.24, which represents compensation for first
year life care expenses ($19,391.52), lost earnings ($333,043.84), pain
and suffering ($183,392.31), and past unreimbursable expenses
($5,877.57), in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Malissa Ajeti;
and
(2) An amount sufficient to purchase the annuity contract described in
paragraph 10 of the stipulation, paid to the life insurance company from
which the annuity will be purchased.
The undersigned approves the requested amount for petitioner’s compensation.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of
the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Chief Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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