                 In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                     OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                              No. 13-143V
                                          (Not to be published)

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KALLIE ANN SCHMIDT, Mother of    *
HAYLEE MARIE MALLONEE, deceased, *
                                 *                                        Filed: August 26, 2015
                Petitioner,      *
                                 *                                        Decision by Stipulation; Attorney’s
          v.                     *                                        Fees & Costs
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND          *
HUMAN SERVICES,                  *
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                Respondent.      *
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Douglas Lee Burdette, Burkett & Burdette, Seattle WA, for Petitioner

Glenn MacLeod, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent

                            ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS DECISION1

        On February 26, 2013, Kallie Ann Schmidt, mother of Haylee Marie Mallonee, deceased,
filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
On July 6, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation detailing an amount to be awarded to Petitioner. I
subsequently issued a decision finding the parties’ stipulation to be reasonable and granting
Petitioner the award outlined by the stipulation.

       On August 24, 2015, counsel for both parties filed another joint stipulation, this time in
regards to attorney’s fees and costs. The parties have stipulated that Petitioner’s counsel should

1
  Because this decision contains a reasoned explanation for my actions in this case, I will post it 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 (Dec. 17, 2002) (current version at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 (2014)). As provided by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the published decision’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.
receive a lump sum of $33,500.00, in the form of a check payable to Petitioner and Petitioner’s
counsel. This amount represents a sum to which Respondent does not object. In addition, and in
compliance with General Order No. 9, Petitioner has represented that she did incur any
reimbursable costs in proceeding on this petition.

        I approve the requested amount for attorney’s fees and costs as reasonable. Accordingly,
an award should be made in the form of a check in the amount of $33,500.00 payable jointly to
Petitioner and Petitioner’s counsel, Douglas Lee Burdette, Esq. In the absence of a motion for
review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of the court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT
in accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation.2


         IT IS SO ORDERED.
                                                                     /s/ Brian H. Corcoran
                                                                        Brian H. Corcoran
                                                                        Special Master




2
  Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by filing a joint notice renouncing their
right to seek review.
