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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00082
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00082
Petitioner: Michael Lauer
Filed: 2018-01-18
Decided: 2018-04-18
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-30
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 72500

AI-assisted case summary:
Michael Lauer filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 18, 2018, alleging he suffered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on October 30, 2015. Mr. Lauer asserted that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that he experienced residual effects for more than six months, and that he had no prior award or settlement for his injury. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused Mr. Lauer's alleged GBS or any other injury, and denied that his current disabilities were a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on January 29, 2018, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Mr. Lauer was awarded a lump sum of $72,500.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00082-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-18
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/29/2018) regarding 24 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (rp) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 17-82V
Filed: January 29, 2018
UNPUBLISHED
MICHAEL LAUER,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
Petitioner,
(Flu) Vaccine; Guillain-Barre
v.
Syndrome (GBS)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jerome A. Konkel, Samster, Konkel & Safran, SC., Milwaukee, WI, for petitioner.
Colleen Clemons Hartley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On January 18, 2017, 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 he suffered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”) as
a result of his October 30, 2015 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1; Stipulation,
filed January 29, 2018, at ¶¶ 2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was
administered within the United States, that he suffered the residual effects of his injury
for more than six months, and that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil
action on his behalf as a result of his injury. Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5; see Petition at ¶¶ 2,
9-10. “Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged GBS or any
other injury and further denies that his alleged current disabilities are a sequela of a
vaccine-related injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
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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Nevertheless, on January 29, 2018, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
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 lump sum of $72,500.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner.
Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of
damages that would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Id.
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
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Chief Special Master
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.
2

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