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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01400
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01400
Petitioner: Mariann Bird
Filed: 2019-09-12
Decided: 2021-05-18
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-01-12
Condition: acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“AIDP”) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 170000

AI-assisted case summary:
Mariann Bird filed a petition for compensation on September 12, 2019, alleging that an influenza vaccine she received on January 12, 2017, caused her to develop acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). She further alleged that she suffered residual effects from these conditions for more than six months. The influenza vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused Ms. Bird's condition. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to compensation. Special Master Christian J. Moran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Mariann Bird a lump sum payment of $170,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). The decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the mechanism by which the vaccine allegedly caused the injury. Petitioner was represented by Sylvia Chin-Caplan of the Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC, and respondent was represented by Voris Johnson of the United States Department of Justice. The decision was filed on April 21, 2021, and entered on May 18, 2021.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Mariann Bird received an influenza vaccine on January 12, 2017. She alleged that this vaccine caused her to develop acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), with residual effects lasting more than six months. The influenza vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. Respondent denied causation. The parties submitted a joint stipulation for compensation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted. The stipulation resulted in an award of $170,000.00. The public decision does not detail the specific medical experts, the proposed mechanism of injury, or the specific evidence considered beyond the stipulation. The theory of causation is based on the Vaccine Injury Table.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01400-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-05-18
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/21/2021) regarding 61 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (Attachments: # (1) Appendix Joint Stipulation) (jmw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:19-vv-01400-UNJ Document 65 Filed 05/18/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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MARIANN BIRD, *
* No. 19-1400V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: April 21, 2021
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * acute inflammatory demyelinating
* polyneuropathy (“AIDP”); chronic
Respondent. * inflammatory demyelinating
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * polyneuropathy (“CIDP”).
Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC, Boston, MA, for
Petitioner;
Voris Johnson, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On April 21, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition
for compensation filed by Mariann Bird on September 12, 2019. Petitioner alleged
that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on January 12, 2017, which is
contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused
her to suffer from acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“AIDP”)
and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”). Petitioner
further alleges that she suffered the residual effects of this injury for more than six
months. Petitioner represents that there has been no prior award or settlement of a
civil action for damages on her behalf as a result of her condition.
1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.

Case 1:19-vv-01400-UNJ Document 65 Filed 05/18/21 Page 2 of 2
Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner to suffer from AIDP
and/or CIDP and residual effects, or any other injury.
Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Damages awarded in that stipulation include:
A lump sum payment of $170,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that
would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached
stipulation.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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