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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01545
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01545
Petitioner: Randy L. Taylor
Filed: 2018-10-05
Decided: 2020-05-04
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-13
Condition: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 185000

AI-assisted case summary:
Randy L. Taylor filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 5, 2018. Mr. Taylor alleged that he developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) after receiving an influenza vaccine on or about October 13, 2015. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccination caused Mr. Taylor's alleged injury. The parties reached a settlement agreement, stipulating that the respondent would issue a payment of $185,000.00 to Mr. Taylor as compensation for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded the compensation. The decision was filed on May 4, 2020. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Petitioner counsel was David Tierney, Esq., of Rawls Law Group. Respondent counsel was Lara Englund, Esq., of the US Department of Justice.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Randy L. Taylor alleged he developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) after receiving an influenza vaccine on or about October 13, 2015. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case. The Special Master adopted the stipulation. The public decision does not specify the theory of causation, the mechanism of injury, or any expert testimony. The settlement award was $185,000.00 as a lump sum. The decision was filed on May 4, 2020, by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. Petitioner counsel was David Tierney, Esq., and respondent counsel was Lara Englund, Esq.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01545-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-05-04
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/7/2020) regarding 27 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (mw) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 18-1545V
Filed: April 7, 2020
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RANDY L. TAYLOR, * UNPUBLISHED
*
Petitioner, * Decision on Joint Stipulation;
* Chronic Inflammatory
v. * Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
* (“CIDP”); Influenza (“Flu”)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Vaccine
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
David Tierney, Esq., Rawls Law Group, Richmond, VA for petitioner.
Lara Englund, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On October 5, 2018, Randy L. Taylor [“Mr. Taylor” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that
he developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) after receiving an
influenza (“flu”) vaccination on or about October 13, 2015. Stipulation, filed Apr. 7, 2020, at ¶¶
1-4. Respondent denies that the aforementioned immunization caused petitioner’s injury.
Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On April 7, 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 $185,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Randy L.
Taylor. 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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