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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01152
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01152
Petitioner: Mazie Lawson
Filed: 2015-10-08
Decided: 2016-07-22
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2014-04-22
Condition: shoulder injury
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 70000

AI-assisted case summary:
Mazie Lawson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury as a result of receiving a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine on April 22, 2014. She further alleged that she experienced the residual effects of her injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused petitioner to suffer from a shoulder injury or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 10, 2016, agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages. The parties stipulated that Mazie Lawson would receive a lump sum of $70,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The court approved the requested amount and directed that judgment be entered accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01152-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-07-22
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/10/2016) regarding 25 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. 15-1152V
Filed: June 10, 2016
UNPUBLISHED
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MAZIE LAWSON, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular-Pertussis
* Vaccine (“Tdap”); Shoulder Injury;
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Special Processing Unit (“SPU”)
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Sarah Christina Duncan, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On October 8, 2015, Mazie Lawson (“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 a shoulder injury as a
result of receiving a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccine on April 22,
2014. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed June 10, 2016, at ¶ 4. Petitioner further alleges
she experienced the residual effects of her injury for more than six months. Petition at
1, 4; Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies that the Tdap vaccine caused petitioner to
suffer from a shoulder injury or any other injury. ” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on June 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.
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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The parties stipulate that petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
A lump sum of $70,000.00, in the form of a check payable to petitioner.
Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of
damages that would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Id.
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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