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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00440
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00440
Petitioner: Sheridan Anderson
Filed: 2021-07-06
Decided: 2021-08-02
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-08-29
Condition: Transverse Myelitis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 55000

AI-assisted case summary:
Sheridan Anderson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on July 6, 2021, alleging he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (TM) after receiving an Influenza vaccine on August 29, 2017. The respondent denied that the immunization caused the petitioner's injury. However, the parties reached a settlement agreement. The respondent agreed to pay Mr. Anderson a lump sum of $55,000.00 as compensation for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded the compensation. The decision was filed on August 2, 2021. The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, medical tests, treatments, or expert testimony. The theory of causation is not detailed in the public decision.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Sheridan Anderson alleged that he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (TM) after receiving an Influenza vaccine on August 29, 2017. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a joint stipulation for settlement. Respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $55,000.00 to petitioner for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded the compensation on August 2, 2021. The public decision does not specify the mechanism of injury, name any experts, or detail the evidence considered. Petitioner was represented by Lisa Roquemore, Esq., and respondent was represented by Mark Hellie, Esq.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00440-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-08-02
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 7/6/2021) regarding 38 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. 20-440V
Filed: July 6, 2021
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SHERIDAN ANDERSON, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * Decision on Joint Stipulation;
* Transverse Myelitis (“TM”);
v. * Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine.
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Lisa Roquemore, Esq., Law Office of Lisa Roquemore, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, for petitioner.
Mark Hellie, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On April 15, 2020, Sheridan Anderson [“Mr. Anderson” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that
he suffered from Transverse Myelitis (“TM”) after receiving an Influenza (“flu”) vaccine on
August 29, 2017. Stipulation, filed July 6, 2021, 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’ 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 July 6, 2021, 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 $55,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Sheridan
Anderson. 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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