 In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                          OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                    No. 11-627V
                              (E-Filed: April 14, 2014)

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JOE B. WALLACE,             *                      UNPUBLISHED
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             Petitioner,    *                      Special Master
                            *                      Hamilton-Fieldman
          v.                *
                            *                      Decision on Attorneys’ Fees and Costs.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND     *
 HUMAN SERVICES,            *
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             Respondent.    *                      .
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Robert J. Krakow, Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C., for Petitioner.
Lynn Ricciardella, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


                     DECISION1 (ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS)

        In this case under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,2 the
undersigned issued a decision on January 16, 2014. On April 14, 2014, the parties filed a
stipulation concerning attorney’s fees and costs in this matter. The parties’ stipulation
requests an award of final attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $131,211.99, to be
split jointly between Petitioner and Petitioner’s counsel, and an award of costs pursuant
to General Order # 9, in the amount of $3,153.36, payable solely to Petitioner.
       1
         The undersigned intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States
Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002,
Pub. L. No. 107-347, § 205, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. §
3501 note (2006)). As provided by Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has 14 days within
which to request redaction “of any information furnished by that party (1) that is trade
secret or commercial or financial information and is privileged or confidential, or (2) that
are medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy.” Otherwise, “the entire” decision will be available to
the public. Id.
       2
        The applicable statutory provisions defining the program are found at 42 U.S.C.
§ 300aa-10 et seq. (2006).

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       The undersigned finds that this petition was brought in good faith and that there
existed a reasonable basis for the claim. Therefore, an award for fees and costs is
appropriate, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(b) and (e)(1). Further, the proposed
amount seems reasonable and appropriate. Accordingly, the undersigned hereby
awards the total $131,211.99, as a lump sum in the form of a check payable jointly
to Petitioner and Petitioner’s counsel, Robert J. Krakow, Esq. The undersigned
additionally awards the total of $3,153.36, payable solely to Petitioner.

       In the absence of a timely-filed motion for review filed pursuant to Appendix B of
the Rules of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the clerk of the court shall enter judgment
in accordance herewith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
                                                s/Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
                                                Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
                                                Special Master




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