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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00145
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00145
Petitioner: Wanda J. Payne
Filed: 2018-01-30
Decided: 2022-08-31
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2016-10-11
Condition: Wegener’s Granulomatosis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 85000

AI-assisted case summary:
Wanda J. Payne filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 11, 2016, caused her to develop Wegener’s Granulomatosis (GPA). Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused Petitioner’s GPA or any other injury. Despite denying causation, the parties reached a stipulation for compensation. The stipulation recommended an award of $85,000.00 to Petitioner for all damages. The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Judgment was entered in accordance with the stipulation.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00145-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-09-26
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 8/31/2022) regarding 93 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (mjf) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: August 31, 2022
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WANDA J. PAYNE, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * No. 18-145V
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v. * Special Master Dorsey
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decision Based on Stipulation; Influenza
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“Flu”) Vaccine; Wegener’s Granulomatosis
* (“GPA”).
Respondent. *
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Nancy Routh Meyers, Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro, NC, for Petitioner.
Emily H. Manoso, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION1
On January 30, 2018, Wanda J. Payne (“Petitioner”) filed a petition in the National
Vaccine Injury Program2 alleging that as the result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered
on October 11, 2016, she suffered Wegener’s Granulomatosis (“GPA”). Petition at Preamble
(ECF No. 1).
On August 31, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation recommending an award of
compensation to petitioner. Stipulation (ECF No. 92). Respondent denies that Petitioner’s
alleged GPA or its residual effects were caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine, and denies that the flu
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned is required 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). This means the Decision will
be available to anyone with access to the Internet. 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 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended,
42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34 (2012) (“Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). All citations in this Decision
to individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. § 300aa.
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vaccine caused Petitioner any other injury or Petitioner’s current condition. Nevertheless, the
parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto as Appendix A. The undersigned finds the
stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the
terms set forth therein.
The parties stipulate that petitioners shall receive the following compensation:
(1) A lump sum of $85,000.00 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). Stipulation at ¶ 8.
The undersigned approves the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation.
Accordingly, an award should be made consistent with the stipulation.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of
Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora B. Dorsey
Nora B. Dorsey
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment is expedited by the parties’ joint filing of
notice renouncing the right to seek review.
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