{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00690","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00690-1","petitioner_identifier":"N.D.","is_minor":1,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"rotavirus","vaccination_date":"2017-06-08","condition_raw":"intussusception","condition_category":"other","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":14268,"decision_date":"2021-03-19","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:19:44.667431+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Newbery Frias alleged that a rotavirus vaccine administered on June 8, 2017, caused her minor son N.D. to suffer intussusception requiring inpatient hospitalization and surgical intervention. Respondent conceded entitlement on November 9, 2020, stating that N.D.'s condition met the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for a rotavirus vaccine injury and that all legal prerequisites were satisfied. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement on November 9, 2020. The public records do not specify N.D.'s age, onset date, surgical details, or treatment course beyond hospitalization and surgery. Damages were resolved by respondent's proffer, accepted by petitioner, with a decision issued on March 19, 2021. The award included a $14,268.82 lump sum for the New York State Medicaid lien, payable jointly to petitioner and the New York State Department of Health. For pain and suffering, an amount was awarded to purchase an annuity paying $43,556.00 annually for four years, starting March 3, 2035, with payments to N.D.'s estate if he died before receiving all certain payments. Petitioner's attorney was John Robert Howie; respondent's attorney was Amanda Pasciuto.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-06-09","case_summary":"On June 9, 2020, Newbery Frias filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on behalf of her minor son, N.D. She alleged that N.D. suffered intussusception requiring surgery after receiving a rotavirus vaccine on June 8, 2017. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit. The respondent conceded entitlement to compensation in a Rule 4(c) report filed on November 9, 2020. The respondent stated that N.D.'s intussusception met the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for a rotavirus vaccine injury, that the condition resulted in inpatient hospitalization and surgical intervention, and that the petitioner had satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran accepted the concession and issued a ruling on entitlement on November 9, 2020. The public entitlement ruling does not provide N.D.'s exact age, symptom-onset date, surgical details, hospital course, or treating-physician narrative. Damages were resolved by respondent's proffer, which the petitioner accepted. On March 17, 2021, respondent filed a proffer recommending compensation for a State of New York Medicaid lien and for pain and suffering through an annuity. Chief Special Master Corcoran issued the damages decision on March 19, 2021, awarding compensation on those terms. The award included a $14,268.82 lump sum payable jointly to petitioner and the New York State Department of Health, Office of Recovery Services, to satisfy the State of New York Medicaid lien for payments made on N.D.'s behalf as a result of his vaccine-related injury. For pain and suffering, the award provided an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract that would pay N.D. $43,556.00 per year for four years, beginning March 3, 2035. If N.D. died before any of those certain payments were made, they would be paid to his estate. These amounts represented all compensation available under section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. Petitioner was represented by John Robert Howie of Howie Law, PC in Dallas, Texas, and respondent was represented by Amanda Pasciuto of the U.S. Department of Justice.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"John Robert Howie","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Howie Law, PC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Dallas, TX","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|john-howie|","firm_canonical_key":"howie-law","package_title":"FRIAS v. 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