Huggins v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 17-467V. (2018)
Court: United States Court of Federal Claims
Number: infdco20181023935
Filed: Oct. 18, 2018
Latest Update: Oct. 18, 2018
Summary: (Unpublished) Entitlement; Influenza ("Flu") Vaccine; Guillain-Barr Syndrome ("GBS"). RULING ON ENTITLEMENT 1 KATHERINE E. OLER , Special Master . On March 31, 2017, Petitioner Charles Huggins filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 2 Petitioner alleges that he developed Guillain-Barr Syndrome ("GBS") as a result of an influenza ("flu") vaccine that he received on October 14, 2014. In his Rule 4(c) Report, filed on February 16, 2
Summary: (Unpublished) Entitlement; Influenza ("Flu") Vaccine; Guillain-Barr Syndrome ("GBS"). RULING ON ENTITLEMENT 1 KATHERINE E. OLER , Special Master . On March 31, 2017, Petitioner Charles Huggins filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. 2 Petitioner alleges that he developed Guillain-Barr Syndrome ("GBS") as a result of an influenza ("flu") vaccine that he received on October 14, 2014. In his Rule 4(c) Report, filed on February 16, 20..
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Entitlement; Influenza ("Flu") Vaccine; Guillain-Barré Syndrome ("GBS").
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
KATHERINE E. OLER, Special Master.
On March 31, 2017, Petitioner Charles Huggins filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that he developed Guillain-Barré Syndrome ("GBS") as a result of an influenza ("flu") vaccine that he received on October 14, 2014.
In his Rule 4(c) Report, filed on February 16, 2018, Respondent recommends that compensation be awarded in this case. Rule 4(c) Report at 1, ECF No. 41. Respondent states that the medical evidence demonstrates Petitioner has "satisfied the criteria set forth in the recently revised Vaccine Injury Table (Table) and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation (QAI)," which allows Petitioner "a presumption of causation if the onset of GBS occurs between three and forty-two days after a seasonal flu vaccination and there is no apparent alternative cause." Id. at 3. Accordingly, Respondent concludes that Petitioner is entitled to an award of damages limited to Petitioner's "GBS and its related sequelae only." Id.
In light of Respondent's concession, and based on my own review of the record (see Section 13(a)(1); 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a)(II)), the undersigned finds that Petitioner is entitled to compensation for an injury that was caused-in-fact by a vaccination.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Although this ruling is not formally designated for publication, it will be posted nonetheless on the United States Court of Federal Claims website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 (2012). As provided by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the ruling'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. The Vaccine Program comprises Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3758, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 through 34 (2012) ("Vaccine Act" or "the Act"). Individual section references hereafter will be to § 300aa of the Act (but will omit that statutory prefix).
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