J.P. v. HHS - Hepatitis A, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2019)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Jorge and Teresa Perez, as parents and natural guardians of their minor child J.P., filed a petition on April 1, 2015, alleging that J.P. suffered chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a result of a Hepatitis A vaccine received on August 27, 2012. The Hepatitis A vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.
Petitioners alleged that J.P. suffered residual effects from this injury for more than six months. Respondent denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated J.P.'s condition.
Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation. Special Master Christian J.
Moran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. The award included a lump sum of $201,250.92 for first-year life care expenses and pain and suffering, $10,000 for past unreimbursable expenses, $122,560.13 to reimburse a lien for services rendered, and an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract.
The total compensation awarded was $333,811.05. Petitioner counsel was Mark T.
Sadaka of Mark T. Sadaka, LLC.
Respondent counsel was Claudia B. Gangi of the United States Department of Justice.
Theory of causation
Petitioners alleged that J.P. received a Hepatitis A vaccine on August 27, 2012, which is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and subsequently suffered chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) with residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran found reasonable and adopted as the Court's decision. The award included a lump sum of $201,250.92 for first-year life care expenses and pain and suffering, $10,000 for past unreimbursable expenses, $122,560.13 to reimburse a lien for services rendered, and an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract, totaling $333,811.05. Petitioner counsel was Mark T. Sadaka, and respondent counsel was Claudia B. Gangi. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, medical experts, or detailed clinical facts beyond the diagnosis of CIDP.
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