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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01545
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01545
Petitioner: George Japaridze
Filed: 2020-11-06
Decided: 2022-12-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2018-08-03
Condition: Guillain- Barré syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 316851

AI-assisted case summary:
George Japaridze filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 6, 2020, alleging he suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccine he received on August 3, 2018. The flu vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and Mr. Japaridze claimed residual effects from the GBS for more than six months. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused his GBS or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 7, 2022, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision. The award includes a lump sum of $316,851.16 for first-year life care expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering, and past unreimbursable expenses. Additionally, an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract was awarded. This compensation covers all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with this decision.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01545-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-01-17
Pages: 10
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/08/2022) regarding 53 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (kp) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1545V
UNPUBLISHED
GEORGE JAPARIDZE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 8, 2022
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
HUMAN SERVICES, Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
(Flu) Vaccine; Guillain- Barré
Respondent. syndrome (GBS).
Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Amanda Pasciuto, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On November 6, 2020, George Japaridze filed a petition for compensation under
the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner received an influenza (“flu”) vaccine, which vaccine is contained
in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a), on August 3, 2018.
Petitioner alleges that he suffered from Guillain- Barré syndrome (“GBS”) as a result of
receiving the flu vaccine, and that he experienced the residual effects of this injury for
more than six months.
Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused Petitioner to suffer from GBS, or
other injury, or his current condition.
1 Because this unpublished Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case,
I am required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with
the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (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. Hereinafter,
for ease of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph
of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa (2012).

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Nevertheless, on December 7, 2022, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation
reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following
compensation:
a) A lump sum of $316,851.16 (which represents compensation for first-
year life care expenses ($15,327.04), lost earnings ($86,554.52), pain
and suffering ($190,000.00), and past unreimbursable expenses
($24,969.60) in the form of a check payable to Petitioner. Stipulation at
¶ 8.
b) An amount sufficient to purchase the annuity contract described in
paragraph 10 of the attached stipulation, to be paid to the life
insurance company from which the annuity will be purchased (the
“Life Insurance Company”). Id.
These amounts represent compensation for all items of damages that would
be available under Section 15(a). Id.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. In the absence of
a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to
enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
2

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