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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01583
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01583
Petitioner: Patrick Patterson
Filed: 2018-10-12
Decided: 2020-11-02
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-15
Condition: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 150000

AI-assisted case summary:
Patrick Patterson filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that he suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a result of an influenza vaccination he received on October 15, 2015. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused Petitioner's alleged GBS, CIDP, or any other injury, and further denied that Petitioner's current disabilities were sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite maintaining their positions, both parties agreed to settle the case. The court reviewed the file and found the joint stipulation to be reasonable, adopting it as its decision. The stipulation awarded Patrick Patterson a lump sum of $150,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the program. The decision directed the Clerk of the Court to enter judgment accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01583-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-11-02
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 9/23/2020) regarding 42 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Katherine E. Oler. (nvb) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 18-1583V
(not to be published)
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PATRICK PATTERSON,
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* Filed: September 23, 2020
Petitioner, *
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v. * Decision by Stipulation; Damages;
* Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine; Guillain-Barré
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND * syndrome (“GBS”); Chronic
HUMAN SERVICES, * Inflammatory Demyelinating
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* Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”).
Respondent. *
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Sean Franks Greenwood, Greenwood Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Lisa Ann Watts, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On October 12, 2018, Patrick Patterson (“Petitioner”) filed a petition, seeking
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (“the Vaccine
Program”).2 Pet., ECF No. 1. Petitioner alleges he suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome
(“GBS”) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) as a result of the
influenza (“flu”) vaccination he received on October 15, 2015. See Stipulation ¶ 2, 4, dated
September 23, 2020 (ECF No. 40); see also Petition.
1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “not to be published,” it will nevertheless be posted
on the Court of Federal Claims’ website in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. §
3501 (2012). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. As
provided by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B), 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 Decision in its present form will be available. Id.
2 The Vaccine Program comprises Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L.
No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10–34 (2012)) (hereinafter
“Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). All subsequent references to sections of the Vaccine Act shall be to the
pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa.

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Respondent denies “that the flu vaccine caused [P]etitioner’s alleged GBS, CIDP, or any
other injury; and further denies that [P]etitioner’s current disabilities are sequelae of a vaccine-
related injury.” See Stipulation ¶ 6. Nonetheless, both parties, while maintaining their above-
stated positions, agreed in a stipulation filed September 23, 2020 that the issues before them can
be settled and that a decision should be entered awarding Petitioner compensation.
I have reviewed the file, and based upon that review, I conclude that the parties’ stipulation
is reasonable. I therefore adopt it as my decision in awarding damages on the terms set forth
therein.
The stipulation awards:
a lump sum of $150,000.00 in the form of a check payable to [P]etitioner.
Stipulation ¶ 8. This award represents compensation for all damages that would be available under
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
I approve a Vaccine Program award in the requested amount set forth above to be made to
Petitioner. In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk
of the Court is directed to enter judgment herewith.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Katherine E. Oler
Katherine E. Oler
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by jointly filing notice
renouncing their right to seek review.

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