VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00025
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00025
Petitioner: MARK CHIASSON
Filed: 2016-12-21
Decided: 2016-12-21
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 9541

AI-assisted case summary:
Mark Chiasson filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 21, 2016. The court issued an Order Concluding Proceedings on October 14, 2016. On November 30, 2016, Mr. Chiasson filed an application for attorneys' fees and costs, requesting a total of $9,541.33, which included $7,746.00 for attorneys' fees and $1,795.33 for costs. The application indicated no reimbursable costs were incurred. The Respondent did not object to the requested amount. The Special Master found that the petition was pursued in good faith and with a reasonable basis, making an award appropriate. Consequently, the court awarded a lump sum of $9,541.33, payable jointly to Mark Chiasson and his counsel, David J. Schexnaydre, for services rendered by the law firm. Judgment was to be entered unless a motion for review was filed.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00025-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-01-17
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/21/2016) regarding 28 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master George L. Hastings. (jtl) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:16-vv-00025-UNJ Document 29 Filed 01/17/17 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-025V
(Not to be published)
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MARK CHIASSON, *
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Petitioner, *
* Filed: December 21, 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 October 14, 2016. On November 30, 2016, Petitioner filed an
application for attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter. Petitioner requests a total of $9,541.33,
representing $7,746.00 for attorneys’ fees, and $1,795.33 for attorneys’ costs. In accordance
with General Order #9, Petitioner’s application indicates that Petitioner incurred no reimbursable
costs in pursuit of his claim. On December 19, 2016, Respondent filed a statement indicating
that Respondent does not object to the overall amount requested.
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 1:16-vv-00025-UNJ Document 29 Filed 01/17/17 Page 2 of 2
• a lump sum of $9,541.33, in the form of a check payable jointly to Petitioner and
Petitioner’s counsel, David J. Schexnaydre, on account of services performed by
counsel’s law firm.
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.