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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00917
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00917
Petitioner: Patricia M. White
Filed: 2017-02-16
Decided: 2017-03-17
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2014-09-27
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), or in the alternative, brachial neuritis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 93000

AI-assisted case summary:
Patricia M. White filed a petition on August 21, 2015, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), or in the alternative, brachial neuritis, as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine on September 27, 2014. Petitioner further alleged that she experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six months. The respondent denied that the flu vaccination caused Petitioner's alleged injuries. However, both parties agreed to settle the case through a stipulation, filed on February 16, 2017. The stipulation stated that the issues could be resolved and that Patricia M. White should be awarded compensation. Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the file and adopted the stipulation as the decision. The stipulation awarded Patricia M. White a lump sum of $93,000.00, payable by check, as compensation for all damages. The court directed that judgment be entered accordingly.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Patricia M. White alleged SIRVA or brachial neuritis following an influenza vaccine administered on September 27, 2014, with residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent denied causation. The parties resolved the case via stipulation, agreeing to an award of $93,000.00. Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or detailed medical evidence supporting the theory of causation, as the case was settled by stipulation.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_15-vv-00917-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-03-17
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/16/2017) regarding 29 DECISION Stipulation: Signed by Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sb) Copy to parties.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 15-917V
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PATRICIA M. WHITE, * Special Master Corcoran
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Petitioner, * Filed: February 16, 2017
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v. *
* Decision by Stipulation; Damages;
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine; Shoulder
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Injury Related to Vaccine Administration
* (“SIRVA”); Brachial Neuritis.
Respondent. *
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William E. Cochran, Jr., Black McLaren, et al., PC, Memphis, TN, for Petitioner.
Althea Walker Davis, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On August 21, 2015, Patricia M. White filed a petition seeking compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (“Vaccine Program”).2 Petitioner alleges that she
suffers from a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), or in the alternative,
brachial neuritis, as a result of her September 27, 2014, receipt of the influenza (“flu”) vaccine.
Moreover, Petitioner alleges that she experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six
months.
1 The decision will be posted 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 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.
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”).

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Respondent denies that Petitioner’s flu vaccination caused her alleged SIRVA, brachial
neuritis, or any other injury or condition. Nonetheless both parties, while maintaining their above-
stated positions, agreed in a stipulation (filed on February 16, 2017) that the issues before them
could be settled, and that a decision should be entered awarding Petitioner compensation.
I have reviewed the file, and based upon that review, I conclude that the parties’ stipulation
(as attached hereto) is reasonable. I therefore adopt it as my decision in awarding damages on the
terms set forth therein.
The stipulation awards:
 A lump sum of $93,000.00 in the form of a check payable to Petitioner.
Stipulation ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available
under Section 15(a) of the Act.
I approve a Vaccine Program award in the requested amount set forth above to be made to
Petitioner. In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of
the Court is directed to enter judgment herewith.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties may expedite entry of judgment by each filing (either jointly or separately)
a notice renouncing their right to seek review.
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