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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01150
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01150
Petitioner: Susan Itsell
Filed: 2017-06-01
Decided: 2017-06-28
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 165000

AI-assisted case summary:
Susan Itsell filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 1, 2017, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine and a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The respondent was the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The parties subsequently filed a stipulation agreeing to a decision granting compensation. The stipulation awarded Susan Itsell a lump sum of $165,000.00, representing compensation for all damages. Special Master George L. Hastings reviewed the stipulation and found it to be appropriate, ordering that a Program award be made to the Petitioner. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with the decision unless a timely motion for review was filed. The case was resolved by stipulation, with the respondent conceding entitlement to compensation for Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The public decision does not describe the specific vaccination dates, the petitioner's age at vaccination, the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details, or the names of counsel.

Theory of causation field:
Susan Itsell filed a petition alleging injury from an influenza vaccine and a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, resulting in Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). The case was resolved by stipulation, with the respondent conceding entitlement to compensation. The stipulation awarded the petitioner a lump sum of $165,000.00 for all damages. Special Master George L. Hastings issued the decision on June 28, 2017. The public text does not specify the vaccination dates, the petitioner's age at vaccination, the specific mechanism of injury, or any expert testimony.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01150-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-06-28
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 6/1/17) regarding 25 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Special Master George L. Hastings. (jtl) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:16-vv-01150-UNJ Document 31 Filed 06/28/17 Page 1 of 7
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-1150V
(Not to be published)
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SUSAN ITSELL, *
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Petitioner, * Filed: June 1, 2017
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v. * Decision by Stipulation; Influenza Vaccine:
* Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine;
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND * Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
HUMAN SERVICES *
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Respondent. *
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DECISION
HASTINGS, Special Master.
This is an action seeking an award under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program1 on account of an injury suffered by Susan Itsell. On May 22, 2017, counsel for both
parties filed a Stipulation, stipulating that a decision should be entered granting compensation.
The parties have stipulated that Petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
● A lump sum of $165,000.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioner,
representing compensation for all damages that would be available under
42 U.S.C. §300aa-15(a).
Under the statute governing the Program, as well as the “Vaccine Rules” adopted by this
court, the special master must now enter a decision endorsing that stipulation, and the clerk must
enter judgment, in order to authorize payment of the award. See § 300aa-12(d)(3)(A) and (e)(3);
§ 300aa-13(a); Vaccine Rules 10(a), 11(a).2
1 The applicable statutory provisions defining the Program are found at 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10
et seq. (2012 ed.). Hereinafter, for ease of citation, all "§" references will be to 42 U.S.C. (2012
ed.).
2 The “Vaccine Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims” are found in Appendix B of
the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Case 1:16-vv-01150-UNJ Document 31 Filed 06/28/17 Page 2 of 7
I have reviewed the file, and based on that review, I conclude that the parties’ stipulation
appears to be an appropriate one. Accordingly, my decision is that a Program award shall be
made to Petitioner in the amount set forth above. In the absence of a timely-filed motion for
review of this Decision, the clerk shall enter judgment in accordance herewith.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ George L. Hastings, Jr.
George L. Hastings, Jr.
Special Master

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