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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00839
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00839
Petitioner: Caitlyn Hope Redwine
Filed: 2015-08-07
Decided: 2016-05-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2012-12-02
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 117849

AI-assisted case summary:
Caitlyn Hope Redwine filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccination she received on December 2, 2012. She stated that she received the vaccination in the United States, that she suffered the effects of her injury for more than six months, and that she has 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 10, 2016, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Caitlyn Hope Redwine was awarded a lump sum of $117,849.59 as compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00839-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-06-07
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/11/2016) regarding 22 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-0839V
Filed: May 11, 2016
Unpublished
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CAITLYN HOPE REDWINE, *
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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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J. Glenn Richardson, Tally, Richardson and Cable, P.A., Dallas, GA, for petitioner.
Claudia B. Gangi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On August 7, 2015, Caitlyn Hope Redwine (“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
December 2, 2012. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed May 10, 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 ¶¶ 2, 9, 11; see also Stip. at ¶¶ 3-5.
Respondent denies that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged GBS, or any
other injury, or her current disabilities. Stip. at ¶ 6.
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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Nevertheless, on May 10, 2016, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
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:
A lump sum of $117,849.59, in the form of a check payable to petitioner,
Caitlyn Hope Redwine. This amount represents compensation for all damages
that would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Stip. at ¶ 8.
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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