VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00020
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00020
Petitioner: Advani
Filed: 
Decided: 2023-10-16
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 42500

AI-assisted case summary:
This case involves a claim filed under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Petitioner and the Respondent, represented by counsel, filed a joint stipulation on September 13, 2023, agreeing to an award of compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting its terms as the decision for awarding damages. The stipulation provided for a lump sum payment of $42,500.00, payable to the Petitioner via check, as compensation for all eligible damages under Section 15(a) of the program. The Special Master directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in accordance with this decision, unless a motion for review was filed. The public decision does not describe the petitioner, the respondent, the vaccine(s) administered, the date(s) of vaccination, the alleged condition, the clinical story, or any specific theories of causation or expert testimony.

Theory of causation field:
The public decision does not describe the petitioner, the respondent, the vaccine(s) administered, the date(s) of vaccination, the alleged condition, the clinical story, or any specific theories of causation or expert testimony. The case was resolved via a joint stipulation filed on September 13, 2023, by the Petitioner and the Respondent (Secretary of Health and Human Services), agreeing to an award of compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision. The award consisted of a lump sum of $42,500.00, payable to the Petitioner, intended to compensate for all eligible damages under Section 15(a). The decision was issued on October 16, 2023.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00020-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-10-16
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/13/2023) regarding 45 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (tlf) Service on parties made.
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Nevertheless, on September 13, 2023, 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 lump sum of $42,500.00 in the form of a check payable to Petitioner.
Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents 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.
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