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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00328
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00328
Petitioner: Jerry Ford
Filed: 2017-03-09
Decided: 2018-08-22
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-20
Condition: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 95000

AI-assisted case summary:
Jerry Ford filed a petition on March 9, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on October 20, 2015, caused him to develop chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). He claimed that his condition resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months. The vaccine in question was listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, suggesting a Table claim. Respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated Mr. Ford's alleged injury. Despite the denial, the parties reached a joint stipulation to resolve the case. The court reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. Under the terms of the stipulation, Mr. Ford was awarded a lump sum payment of $95,000.00. This amount was intended to compensate for all damages available under the law. The court directed that judgment be entered according to this decision and the stipulation, unless a motion for review was filed.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00328-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-09-19
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 8/22/2018) regarding 38 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (abs) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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JERRY FORD, *
* No. 17-328V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: August 22, 2018
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * chronic inflammatory demyelinating
* polyneuropathy (“CIDP”)
Respondent. *
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Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates. Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner;
Justine Walters, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On August 21, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Jerry Ford on March 9, 2017. Petitioner alleged
that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on October 20, 2015, which is
contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused
him to suffer chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Petitioner
further alleges that he 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 his behalf as a result of his condition.
Respondent denies that the flu vaccine either caused or significantly
aggravated petitioner’s alleged injury or any other injury, and denies that
petitioner's current disabilities are the result of a vaccine-related 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 lump sum payment of $95,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner. This amount represents 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 17-328V 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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