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Respondent conceded that Dufhane Jr. suffered a Table injury of encephalopathy within 72 hours of DTaP vaccine administration and that there was not a preponderance of evidence that the encephalopathy or death was due to unrelated factors. The parties stipulated to entitlement based on the Vaccine Injury Table for encephalopathy. The Special Master adopted the stipulation. Compensation was awarded as a lump sum of $360,000.00. Petitioner counsel: Andrew P. Garza. Respondent counsel: Voris E. Johnson. Special Master: Thomas L. Gowen. Decision date: March 6, 2017.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":"2014-03-21","petition_filed_date":"2016-08-16","case_summary":"Dufhane Hyde, Sr., as the parent and legal representative of the estate of his deceased son, Dufhane Hyde, Jr., filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 18, 2016. The petition alleged that Dufhane Hyde, Jr. received diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP), inactivated polio (IPV), and haemophilus influenza type b (HiB) vaccines on March 20, 2014. The petition further alleged that these vaccinations resulted in a Table injury of encephalopathy, leading to Dufhane Hyde, Jr.'s death on March 21, 2014. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) Report on August 16, 2016, conceding that Dufhane Hyde, Jr. suffered a Table injury of encephalopathy within 72 hours of the DTaP vaccine administration. The respondent also conceded that there was not a preponderance of evidence that the encephalopathy or death was due to factors unrelated to the DTaP vaccine, satisfying the statutory severity requirement due to the death. Special Master Thomas L. Gowen issued a ruling on entitlement on September 15, 2016, finding the petitioner entitled to compensation based on a Vaccine Table injury of encephalopathy. Subsequently, on February 8, 2017, the parties filed a joint stipulation on damages. In this stipulation, they agreed that Dufhane Hyde, Jr. sustained the first symptom or manifestation of the onset of an encephalopathy within the time period set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table for the DTaP vaccine and that there was not a preponderance of evidence that his encephalopathy or death was due to unrelated factors. The parties stipulated that the petitioner would receive a lump sum of $360,000.00, payable to Dufhane Hyde, Sr. as the legal representative of the estate of Dufhane Hyde, Jr., as compensation for all damages. Special Master Gowen adopted the stipulation as the decision of the court on March 6, 2017, and judgment was entered accordingly. Petitioner was represented by Andrew P. Garza of the Law Offices of Andrew P. Garza, L.L.C., and respondent was represented by Voris E. 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