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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00722
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00722
Petitioner: Teresa Thompson
Filed: 2016-06-21
Decided: 2018-04-20
Vaccine: Td
Vaccination date: 2015-06-29
Condition: right shoulder injury
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 33539

AI-assisted case summary:
Teresa Thompson filed a petition on June 21, 2016, seeking compensation for a right shoulder injury allegedly caused by a tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine administered on June 29, 2015. The Td vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and Ms. Thompson contended that she experienced residual effects from the injury for more than six months. The respondent denied that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. The parties subsequently reached a joint stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the court's decision. Under the terms of the stipulation, Ms. Thompson was awarded a total of $33,538.60. This amount included a lump sum of $25,000.00 for pain and suffering, payable to Ms. Thompson, and $8,538.60 to reimburse a Medicaid lien, payable jointly to Ms. Thompson and First Recovery Group, LLC. The decision directed that judgment be entered according to the stipulation, unless a motion for review was filed. Petitioner counsel was Maximillian J. Muller, and respondent counsel was Sarah C. Duncan.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Teresa Thompson alleged that the tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine received on June 29, 2015, caused a right shoulder injury, with residual effects lasting over six months. The Td vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a stipulation, adopted by Special Master Christian J. Moran on January 24, 2018, resulting in an award of $25,000.00 for pain and suffering and $8,538.60 for a Medicaid lien reimbursement, totaling $33,538.60. Petitioner counsel was Maximillian J. Muller, and respondent counsel was Sarah C. Duncan.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00722-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-20
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/29/18) regarding 45 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (MRG) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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TERESA THOMPSON, *
* No. 16-722V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: January 29, 2018
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; tetanus-diphtheria (“Td”);
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * shoulder injury.
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Respondent. *
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Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner;
Sarah C. Duncan, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On January 24, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Teresa Thompson on June 21, 2016. Petitioner
alleged that the tetanus-diphtheria (“Td”) vaccine she received on June 29, 2015,
which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a),
caused her to suffer a right shoulder injury. Petitioner further alleges that she
suffered the residual effects of this injury for more than six months. Petitioner
represents that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for
damages on her behalf as a result of her condition.
Respondent denies that the Td vaccine caused petitioner to suffer a right
shoulder injury or any other injury.
1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.

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Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Damages awarded in that stipulation include:
a. A lump sum payment of $25,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner.
b. A lump sum payment of $8,538.60, which represents reimbursement
of a Medicaid lien, in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner
and
First Recovery Group, LLC
File No. 746411-116716
P.O. Box 771932
Detroit, MI 48277-1932
Petitioner agrees to endorse this check to First Recovery Group,
LLC.
These amounts represent compensation for all damages that would be
available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment in case 16-722V according to this decision
and the attached stipulation.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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