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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00602
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00602
Petitioner: Lacey Hauck
Filed: 2017-05-04
Decided: 2020-08-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-07
Condition: immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 58000

AI-assisted case summary:
Lacey Hauck filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on May 4, 2017. Ms. Hauck alleged that she developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 7, 2015. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the immunization caused Ms. Hauck's injury. Despite the respondent's denial, the parties reached a settlement agreement. On August 12, 2020, they filed a joint stipulation agreeing to resolve the case. As part of the stipulation, the respondent agreed to pay Ms. Hauck a lump sum of $58,000.00 as compensation for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded the compensation, directing that judgment be entered in accordance with the decision. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Petitioner counsel was Shealene Mancuso, Esq., and respondent counsel was Coleen Hartley, Esq.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Lacey Hauck alleged developing immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 7, 2015. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case on August 12, 2020. The stipulation resulted in a lump sum award of $58,000.00 to petitioner for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation. The public decision does not specify the theory of causation, medical experts, or the mechanism of injury.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00602-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-09-08
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 8/12/2020) regarding 67 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (mw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:17-vv-00602-UNJ Document 71 Filed 09/08/20 Page 1 of 7
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 17-602V
Filed: August 12, 2020
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LACEY HAUCK, * UNPUBLISHED
*
Petitioner, * Decision on Joint Stipulation;
* Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine;
v. * Immune Thrombocytopenic
* Purpura (“ITP”)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Shealene Mancuso, Esq., Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA for petitioner.
Coleen Hartley, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On May 4, 2017, Lacey Hauck [“Ms. Hauck” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that
she developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura (“ITP”) after receiving an influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on October 7, 2015. Stipulation, filed Aug. 12, 2020, at ¶¶ 1-4. Respondent denies that
any of the aforementioned immunizations caused petitioner’s injury. Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On August 12, 2020, the parties
filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlement terms.
1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “unpublished,” it will nevertheless be posted on the
Court of Federal Claims’s website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-
347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). This means the Decision
will be available to anyone with access to the internet. However, the parties may object to the Decision’s
inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party
has fourteen days within which to request redaction “of any information furnished by that party: (1) that is
a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes
medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, the whole Decision will be available to the public. Id.
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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Respondent agrees to issue the following payment:
A lump sum of $58,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Lacey
Hauck. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available
under § 300aa-15(a).
I adopt the parties’ stipulation attached hereto, and award compensation in the amount and
on the terms set forth therein. The clerk of the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance
with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party filing a notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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