VICP Registry Case Source Bundle Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00704 Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00704 Petitioner: Jamie Pinelli Filed: 2017-05-30 Decided: 2018-09-20 Vaccine: influenza Vaccination date: 2016-02-21 Condition: Guillain-Barré syndrome Outcome: compensated Award amount USD: 70000 AI-assisted case summary: Petitioner Jamie Pinelli filed a petition for compensation on May 30, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on February 21, 2016, caused her to suffer Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its residual effects for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated her injury. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the decision of the Court. Under the stipulation, Jamie Pinelli was awarded a lump sum payment of $70,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages. The decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical course, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The court directed that judgment be entered according to this decision and the stipulation. Theory of causation field: Petitioner Jamie Pinelli alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on February 21, 2016, caused Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an injury listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. Petitioner further alleged residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the decision. The stipulation resulted in a $70,000.00 lump sum award for all damages. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or the clinical progression of the alleged GBS. Petitioner counsel was Howard Scott Gold, and respondent counsel was Mollie Danielle Gorney. The decision date was September 20, 2018. Public staged source text: ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00704-0 Date issued/filed: 2018-09-20 Pages: 7 Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 8/22/18) regarding 31 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (MRG) Service on parties made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 1 of 7 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JAMIE PINELLI, * * No. 17-704V Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran * v. * Filed: August 22, 2017 * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza vaccine; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Guillain-Barré syndrome. * * Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Howard Scott Gold, Gold Law Firm, Wellesley Hills, MA, for Petitioner; Mollie Danielle Gorney, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. UNPUBLISHED DECISION1 On August 22, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition for compensation filed by Jamie Pinelli on May 30, 2017. Petitioner alleged that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on February 21, 2016, which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused her to suffer Guillain-Barré syndrome. Petitioner further alleges that she 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 her behalf as a result of her condition. 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. Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 2 of 7 Respondent denies that the vaccines 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. 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 $70,000.00 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 17-704V 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. 2 Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 3 of 7 Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 4 of 7 Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 5 of 7 Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 6 of 7 Case 1:17-vv-00704-UNJ Document 35 Filed 09/20/18 Page 7 of 7