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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01185
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01185
Petitioner: Ronny Dean Linebarger
Filed: 2015-10-13
Decided: 2017-04-26
Vaccine: trivalent influenza
Vaccination date: 2012-10-17
Condition: Parsonage-Turner syndrome/brachial neuritis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 100000

AI-assisted case summary:
Ronny Dean Linebarger filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 13, 2015. He alleged that he developed Parsonage-Turner syndrome/brachial neuritis after receiving a trivalent influenza vaccine on October 17, 2012. The respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused petitioner's alleged injuries. The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, or the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, or treatments. However, on December 21, 2016, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Mr. Linebarger was awarded a lump sum of $100,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages, payable to the petitioner.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Ronny Dean Linebarger received a trivalent influenza vaccine on October 17, 2012, and subsequently alleged development of Parsonage-Turner syndrome/brachial neuritis. The respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for damages, and Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted it as the decision of the Court. Petitioner was awarded $100,000.00. The public decision does not specify the theory of causation, medical experts, or the mechanism of injury.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01185-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-04-26
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/21/2016) regarding 56 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. 15-1185V
Filed: December 21, 2016
UNPUBLISHED
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RONNY DEAN LINEBARGER, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Trivalent Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine;
* Brachial Neuritis; Parsonage-Turner
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Syndrome; Special Processing Unit
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“SPU”)
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Respondent. *
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Randall Turner, Bailey & Galyen, Fort Worth, TX, for petitioner.
Danielle Sgro, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On October 13, 2015, 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 alleged that he developed injuries, including Parsonage-
Turner syndrome/brachial neuritis after receiving the trivalent influenza vaccine on
October 17, 2012. Petition at 1; see also Stipulation, filed Dec. 21, 2016, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4.
Petitioner further alleged that he received the trivalent influenza vaccine in the United
States, that he suffered the effects of his injury for more than six months, and that
neither he nor any other party has filed any other action or received compensation for
his injury, alleged as vaccine caused. Petition at ¶¶ 2, 28-30; see also Stipulation at ¶¶
3-5. “Respondent denies that the influenza immunization is the cause of petitioner’s
alleged Parsonage-Turner syndrome or any other injury or condition.” Stipulation 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 December 21, 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 $100,000.00 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 § 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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