VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01488
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01488
Petitioner: RICHARD HESSE
Filed: 2016-08-23
Decided: 2016-08-23
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 18379

AI-assisted case summary:
Richard Hesse filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 23, 2016. The case proceeded, and on August 22, 2016, the Special Master issued a decision. Following that decision, on August 15, 2016, Petitioner Hesse filed an application for attorneys' fees and costs, requesting a total of $18,379.75 ($16,108.00 for fees and $2,271.75 for costs). Respondent's counsel had no objection to the request. The Special Master found that the petition was brought in good faith and had a reasonable basis, making an award appropriate. The requested amount was deemed reasonable. Accordingly, the Special Master awarded the full $18,379.75 as a lump sum, payable jointly to Petitioner Richard Hesse and his counsel, Robert Howie, Jr. Judgment was to be entered accordingly unless a motion for review was filed.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01488-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-09-20
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/23/2016) regarding 24 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master George L. Hastings. (jtl) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:15-vv-01488-UNJ Document 30 Filed 09/20/16 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-1488V
(Not to be published)
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RICHARD HESSE, *
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Petitioners, *
* Filed: August 23, 2016
v. *
* Decision on Attorneys’
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND * Fees and Costs
HUMAN SERVICES *
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Respondent. *
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Robert Howie, Jr., Dallas TX, for Petitioner.
Christine Becer, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent
DECISION (ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS)
HASTINGS, Special Master
In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,1 I issued a
Decision on August 22, 2016. On August 15, 2016, Petitioner filed an application for attorneys’
fees and costs in this matter. Petitioner requests a total of $18,379.75, representing $16,108.00
for attorneys’ fees, and $2,271.75 for attorneys’ costs. The application indicates that Petitioner’s
counsel has conferred with Respondent’s counsel, and represents that Respondent has no
objection to Petitioner’s request. In accordance with General Order #9, Petitioner’s application
includes a statement that Petitioner incurred no reimbursable costs in pursuit of his claim.
I find that this petition was brought in good faith and that there existed a reasonable basis
for the claim. Therefore, an award for fees and costs is appropriate, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
300aa-15(b) and (e)(1). Further, the proposed amount seems reasonable and appropriate.
1 The applicable statutory provisions defining the program are found at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2012).

Case 1:15-vv-01488-UNJ Document 30 Filed 09/20/16 Page 2 of 2
Accordingly, I hereby award the total $18,379.75 as a lump sum in the form of a check
payable jointly to Petitioner and Petitioner’s counsel, John Howie, Jr.
In the absence of a timely-filed motion for review filed pursuant to Appendix B of the
Rules of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the clerk of the court shall enter judgment in
accordance herewith.2
IT IS SO ORDERED
/s/ George L. Hastings, Jr.
George L. Hastings, Jr.
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by filing a joint notice renouncing the
right to seek review.