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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00424
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00424
Petitioner: Vincent Louis Matassa
Filed: 2020-04-14
Decided: 2023-10-26
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2018-09-18
Condition: encephalopathy
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 125000

AI-assisted case summary:
Vincent Louis Matassa, an adult, received an influenza vaccine on September 18, 2018. His estate, represented by executrix Maria Lynn Myers, alleged that this vaccine caused him to suffer from an encephalopathy that eventually resulted in his death. The estate also claimed Mr. Matassa suffered residual effects from the injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused the encephalopathy or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to compensation. The stipulation stated that the influenza vaccine was on the Vaccine Injury Table and that Mr. Matassa suffered the alleged injury. The court adopted the stipulation, awarding the estate a lump sum payment of $125,000.00. This amount was intended to compensate for all damages available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case was resolved via stipulation, and the court directed the clerk to enter judgment accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00424-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-10-26
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/02/2022) regarding 67 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (ceo) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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MARIA LYNN MYERS, *
Executrix of ESTATE OF VINCENT * No. 20-424V
LOUIS MATASSA * Special Master Christian J. Moran
Petitioner, *
v. * Filed: September 2, 2022
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * encephalopathy.
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Respondent. *
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Ronald Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner;
Ronalda Kosh, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On August 25, 2022, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Maria Myers on April 14, 2020. Petitioner
alleged that the influenza vaccine Vincent Matassa received on September 18,
2018, which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R.
§100.3(a), caused him to suffer from an encephalopathy that eventual resulted in
his death. Petitioner further alleges that Mr. Matassa 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
Mr. Matassa’s injury.
Respondent denies that the influenza vaccine caused Mr. Matassa to suffer
from encephalopathy or any other injury.
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 1:20-vv-00424-UNJ Document 74 Filed 10/26/23 Page 2 of 7
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 $125,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner as executrix on behalf of the estate of Mr. Matassa. 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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