Robert Brooks v. HHS - Pneumococcal, angioedema (2020)

Robert Brooks, as Executor of the Estate of Duretta Brooks, filed a petition on February 20, 2018, alleging that his mother, Duretta Brooks, suffered angioedema as a result of receiving a pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) vaccine on May 9, 2017. The petition further alleged that Mrs.

Brooks' death was a sequela of her angioedema. Respondent denied that Mrs.

Brooks suffered any injury as a result of the vaccine or that her death was a sequela of the alleged vaccine-related angioedema. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on damages on September 9, 2020.

The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, a lump sum of $200,000.00 was awarded to the petitioner, representing compensation for all items of damages available under § 15(a).

The decision directed the clerk of the court to enter judgment in accordance with the decision, absent a motion for review.