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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00805
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00805
Petitioner: Cynthia Stock
Filed: 2020-07-01
Decided: 2024-10-01
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-11-11
Condition: polyneuropathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“AIDP”), Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalopathy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and death
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 110000

AI-assisted case summary:
Victor Stock, as personal representative of the estate of Cynthia Stock, filed a petition for compensation alleging that the influenza and tetanus vaccines Ms. Stock received on November 11, 2017, and November 22, 2017, caused her to suffer from vaccine-induced polyneuropathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), encephalopathy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and ultimately death. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccines caused Ms. Stock's GBS or any other injury or her death. Despite this denial, the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation to Petitioner. The stipulation stated that Petitioner would receive a lump sum of $110,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court, approving the compensation amount. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with the stipulation, as the parties renounced their right to seek review.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00805-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-10-28
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/1/2024) regarding 78 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Herbrina Sanders. (kis) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: October 1, 2024
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VICTOR STOCK as personal representative* No. 20-805V
of the ESTATE OF CYNTHIA STOCK, *
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Petitioner, * Special Master Sanders
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v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Mark Theodore Sadaka, Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC, Englewood, NJ, for Petitioner.
Adam Nemeth Muffett, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION1
On July 1, 2020, Victor Stock, (“Petitioner”), as personal representative of the estate of
Cynthia Stock, filed a petition for compensation pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program.2 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34 (2018). Petitioner alleged that the influenza
(“flu”) and tetanus vaccines that Ms. Stock received November 11, 2017, and November 22, 2017,
caused her to suffer from vaccine-induced polyneuropathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy (“AIDP”), Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalopathy, cerebral amyloid
angiopathy, and ultimately death. Pet. at 1, ECF No. 1.
On October 1, 2024, the parties filed a stipulation in which they state that a decision should
be entered awarding compensation to Petitioner. Stipulation ¶ 7, ECF No. 77.3 Respondent “denies
that the flu and/or tetanus vaccines caused Ms. Stock’s alleged GBS, or any other injury, or her
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or at
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government Act
of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In
accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or
other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon
review, I agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from
public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755.
3 The attached stipulation omits the Vinesign Document Completion Report to avoid unnecessary
disclosure of Petitioner’s personal information.

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death.” Id. ¶ 6. Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation. See id. ¶ 7. I find the
stipulation reasonable and adopt it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms
set forth therein.
The parties stipulate that Petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
(a) A lump sum of $110,000.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioner as
legal representative of the Estate of Cynthia Stock. This amount represents
compensation for all damages that would be available under 42 U.S.C. §
300aa-15(a).
Id. ¶ 8.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. Accordingly, an award
should be made consistent with the stipulation.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of
Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Herbrina D. Sanders
Herbrina D. Sanders
Special Master
4 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment is expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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