VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01490
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-01490
Petitioner: MATT NICHOLS
Filed: 2016-10-03
Decided: 2016-10-03
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 9835

AI-assisted case summary:
Matt Nichols filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 3, 2016. The court issued an Order Concluding Proceedings on August 9, 2016. On September 29, 2016, Petitioner's counsel applied for attorneys' fees and costs totaling $9,835.00, comprising $8,135.00 for fees, $1,300.00 for counsel's costs, and $400.00 for Petitioner's own litigation expenses. Respondent's counsel had no objection to the requested amounts. The Special Master found that the petition was filed and pursued in good faith and with a reasonable basis, deeming the requested amounts reasonable and appropriate. Consequently, the Special Master awarded $9,435.00 in attorneys' fees and costs payable jointly to Petitioner and counsel, and $400.00 to Petitioner for their own expenses. 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-01490-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-11-01
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/03/2016) regarding 23 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master George L. Hastings. (jtl) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:15-vv-01490-UNJ Document 24 Filed 11/01/16 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-1490V
(Not to be published)
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MATT NICHOLS, *
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Petitioner, *
* Filed: October 3, 2016
v. *
* Decision on Attorneys’
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND * Fees and Costs
HUMAN SERVICES *
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Respondent. *
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DECISION (ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS)
HASTINGS, Special Master
In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,1 I issued an Order
Concluding Proceedings on August 9, 2016. On September 29, 2016, Petitioner filed an
application for attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter. Petitioner’s counsel requested a total
payment of $9,835.00, representing attorneys’ fees of $8,135.00, attorneys’ costs of $1,300.00,
and $400.00 of costs expended by Petitioner. The application indicates that Petitioner’s counsel
has conferred with Respondent’s counsel, and represents that Respondent has no objection to the
amounts requested by Petitioner.
I find that this Petition was filed and pursued in good faith and with a reasonable basis.
Thus, an award for fees and costs is appropriate at this time, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b)
and (e)(1). Further, the proposed amounts seem reasonable and appropriate. Accordingly, I
hereby award the following attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and
(e)(1):
1 The applicable statutory provisions defining the program are found at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2012).

Case 1:15-vv-01490-UNJ Document 24 Filed 11/01/16 Page 2 of 2
• a lump sum of $9,435.00, in the form of a check payable jointly to Petitioner
and Petitioner’s counsel, David P. Murphy, on account of services performed by
counsel’s law firm.
• a lump sum of $400.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioner, which
represents Petitioner’s own litigation expenses in this case.
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.