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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00372
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00372
Petitioner: Briana Grappo
Filed: 2015-04-13
Decided: 2017-04-27
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2013-11-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 71355

AI-assisted case summary:
Briana Grappo filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 13, 2015, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by an influenza vaccination received on November 30, 2013. The petition stated that the vaccination occurred in the United States, that the effects of the injury lasted for more than six months, and that no other action had been filed or compensation received for the alleged vaccine-caused injury. The respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused petitioner's alleged SIRVA or any other injury or her current condition. Despite the denial, on January 3, 2017, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Briana Grappo was awarded a lump sum of $71,355.26, payable to petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages. Petitioner was represented by Maximillian Muller of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent was represented by Linda Renzi of the U.S. Department of Justice. The decision was issued on April 27, 2017.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner alleged that an influenza vaccination administered on November 30, 2013, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). Respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, medical experts, clinical details of the injury onset or progression, diagnostic tests, or treatments. The award was a lump sum of $71,355.26 for all items of damages. The decision was issued by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey on April 27, 2017, based on the stipulation filed January 3, 2017. Petitioner's counsel was Maximillian Muller, and respondent's counsel was Linda Renzi.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00372-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-04-27
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/03/2017) regarding 35 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-0372V
Filed: January 3, 2017
UNPUBLISHED
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BRIANA GRAPPO, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine; Shoulder
* Injury Related to Vaccine Administration
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * (“SIRVA”); Special Processing Unit
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“SPU”)
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Respondent. *
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Maximillian Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Linda Renzi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On April 13, 2015, petitioner 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury caused in fact by the
influenza vaccination she received on November 30, 2013. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 4, 13;
see also Stipulation, filed Jan. 3, 2017, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleged that she
received the influenza vaccination in the United States, that she suffered the effects of
her injury for more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed
any other action or received compensation for her injury, alleged as vaccine caused.
Petition at ¶¶ 2, 4, 14; see also Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that the
influenza immunization is the cause of petitioner’s alleged SIRVA or any other injury or
her current condition.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned intends 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). 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, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits
within this definition, the undersigned 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 “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).

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Nevertheless, on January 3, 2017, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding
damages, on the terms set forth therein.
The parties stipulate that petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
A lump sum of $71,355.26 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 § 15(a). Id.
The undersigned approves the requested amount for petitioner’s compensation.
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of
the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
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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