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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00072
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00072
Petitioner: John Hendricks
Filed: 2019-01-15
Decided: 2025-04-21
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2016-08-19
Condition: acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 536207

AI-assisted case summary:
John Hendricks filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that the Tdap vaccine he received on August 19, 2016, caused him to suffer from acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM). The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused Mr. Hendricks' condition. Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that Mr. Hendricks should be awarded compensation. The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Mr. Hendricks a lump sum of $536,207.70 for first-year life care expenses, combined lost earnings, pain and suffering, and past unreimbursable expenses. An additional amount was stipulated for the purchase of an annuity contract. This award represents compensation for all damages available under the program. The case was resolved via stipulation, with judgment to be entered accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00072-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-05-19
Pages: 10
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/24/25) regarding 105 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Herbrina D S Young. (gf) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: April 24, 2025
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JOHN HENDRICKS, * No. 19-72V
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Petitioner, * Special Master Young
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Danielle Anne Strait, Mctlaw, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Colleen Clemons Hartley, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
DECISION1
On January 15, 2019, John Hendricks (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation
pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34
(2012). Petitioner alleged that the tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccine he
received on August 19, 2016, caused him to suffer from acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis
(“ADEM”). Pet. at ¶ 1, ¶ 11, ECF No. 1.
On April 21, 2025, the parties filed a stipulation in which they state that a decision should
be entered awarding compensation to Petitioner. Stipulation ¶ 7, ECF No. 100. Respondent “denies
that the Tdap vaccine caused [P]etitioner to suffer from ADEM or any other injury or his current
condition.” Id. ¶ 6. Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation. See id. ¶ 7. I find the
stipulation reasonable and adopt it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms
set forth therein.
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or at
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government Act
of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (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, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755.

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The parties stipulate that Petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
(a) A lump sum of $536,207.70, which amount represents compensation for
first year life care expenses ($33,059.54) and combined lost earnings, pain
and suffering, and past unreimbursable expenses ($503,148.16), to be paid
through an ACH deposit to petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for
prompt disbursement to petitioner;
(b) An amount sufficient to purchase the annuity contract described in
paragraph 10 below, paid to the life insurance company from which the
annuity will be purchased (the “Life Insurance Company”).
Id. ¶ 8. These amounts represent compensation for all damages that would be available under 42
U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
I approve 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/Herbrina D.S. Young
Herbrina D.S. Young
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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