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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01490
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01490
Petitioner: Amanda Holder
Filed: 2017-06-27
Decided: 2018-04-05
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2014-11-06
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 193726

AI-assisted case summary:
Amanda Holder filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 27, 2017, alleging that she suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine on November 6, 2014. She asserted that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she experienced residual effects for more than six months, and that there had been no prior award or settlement for her condition. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu immunization caused petitioner’s GBS or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 26, 2017, agreeing to an award of compensation. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. The award included a lump sum of $58,768.06 payable to petitioner and Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, $4,390.00 payable to petitioner and Tanner Medical Center, $5,563.75 payable to petitioner and Paragon Recovery Group, and a final lump sum of $125,000.00 payable to Amanda Holder. These amounts were intended to compensate for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The total award amounted to $193,726.06.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01490-1
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-05
Pages: 9
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/27/2017) regarding 18 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer (Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-1490V
Filed: June 27, 2017
UNPUBLISHED
AMANDA HOLDER,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
Petitioner,
(Flu) Vaccine; Guillain-Barre
v.
Syndrome (GBS)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Nancy R. Meyers, Ward Black Law, Greensboro, NC, for petitioner.
Justine E. Walters, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On November 10, 2016, Amanda Holder (“petitioner”), filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C.
§300aa-10, et seq.,2 (the “Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffers from
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”) as a result of receiving the influenza (“flu”) vaccine on
November 6, 2014. Pet. at 1; Stip., filed June 26, 2017, at ¶¶ 1, 2, 4. Petitioner further
asserts that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she experienced
the residual effects of her injury for more than six months, and that there has been no
prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages as a result of her condition. Pet.
at ¶¶ 2, 9, 11, 12; Stip. at ¶¶ 3-5. Respondent denies that the flu immunization caused
petitioner’s GBS or any other injury or her current condition. Stip. at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on June 26, 2017, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned intends to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, in accordance with
the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of
Electronic Government Services). In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner has 14 days to
identify and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits
within this definition, the undersigned will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for
ease of citation, all “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).

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finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding
damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned
awards the following compensation:
A. A lump sum payment of $58,768.06 in the form of a check payable jointly
to petitioner and
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
400 E. 10th Street
Anniston, AL 36207
Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Northeast Alabama Regional
Medical Center;
B. A lump sum payment of $4,390.00 in the form of a check payable jointly
to petitioner and
Tanner Medical Center
905 Dixie Street
Carrollton, GA 30117-4417
Account Nos. L2748437 & L2720565
Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Tanner Medical Center;
C. A lump sum payment of $5,563.75 in the form of a check payable jointly
to petitioner and
Paragon Recovery Group
P.O. Box 127
Concord, NC 28206
Account Nos. 19281647-#3419440 & 19473258
Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Paragon Recovery Group;
and
D. A lump sum of $125,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner,
Amanda Holder. The foregoing amounts represent compensation for all
damages that would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Stip. at ¶ 8.
The undersigned approves the requested amount for petitioner’s compensation.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of
the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Chief Special Master
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