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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00088
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00088
Petitioner: Hector A. Licon Jr.
Filed: 2019-01-17
Decided: 2021-01-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2016-11-23
Condition: Transverse Myelitis and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 95000

AI-assisted case summary:
On January 17, 2019, Hector A. Licon Jr. filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Mr. Licon alleged that he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (TM) and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) after receiving an influenza vaccination on November 23, 2016. The respondent denied that the immunization caused Mr. Licon's alleged injuries. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. As part of the stipulation, the respondent agreed to issue a lump sum payment of $95,000.00 to Mr. Licon, representing compensation for all damages available under the program. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation accordingly. The decision was issued on January 12, 2021. The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, the specific onset of symptoms, medical history, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The specific mechanism of causation is also not described in the public decision.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Hector A. Licon Jr. alleged that he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (TM) and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 23, 2016. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a settlement via joint stipulation, and Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation, awarding $95,000.00 as a lump sum payment. The public decision does not detail the specific theory of causation, medical experts, or the mechanism of injury. The case was settled before a determination on the merits of the causation theory.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00088-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-01-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/17/2020) regarding 34 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (ec) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 19-88V
Filed: December 17, 2020
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
HECTOR A. LICON JR., *
* UNPUBLISHED
Petitioner, *
v. * Decision on Joint Stipulation;
* Transverse Myelitis (“TM”);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“ITP”); Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine
*
Respondent. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jessica Olins, Esq., Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A., for petitioner.
Jennifer Reynaud, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On January 17, 2019, Hector A. Licon, Jr. [“Mr. Licon” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that
he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (“TM”) and Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (“ITP”)
after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccination on November 23, 2016. Stipulation, filed Dec. 16,
2020 at ¶¶ 1-4. Respondent denies that the immunization caused petitioner’s injury. Stipulation at
¶ 6.
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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Nevertheless, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On December 16, 2020, the parties
filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlement terms.
Respondent agrees to issue the following payment:
A lump sum of $95,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Hector A.
Licon, Jr. 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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