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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00127
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00127
Petitioner: Paris Henderson
Filed: 2017-03-03
Decided: 2017-09-29
Vaccine: Tdap, MMR
Vaccination date: 2014-07-16
Condition: cellulitis and a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 113977

AI-assisted case summary:
Paris Henderson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 3, 2017, alleging that she developed cellulitis and a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines on July 16, 2014. She further alleged that she experienced residual effects of her injury for more than six months. The respondent denied that the Tdap and/or MMR immunizations caused her alleged conditions. Nevertheless, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages, which Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted. Paris Henderson was awarded a lump sum of $110,000.00 for all items of damages and an additional $3,977.32 to reimburse a lien for services rendered by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. The decision was based on this joint stipulation. Ronald Craig Homer represented the petitioner, and Linda Sara Renzi represented the respondent. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury.

Theory of causation field:
Paris Henderson alleged that she developed cellulitis and a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving Tdap and MMR vaccines on July 16, 2014, and experienced residual effects for more than six months. The respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for damages, which was adopted by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. The award included a lump sum of $110,000.00 for all damages and $3,977.32 for reimbursement of a lien from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. The public decision does not specify the theory of causation, the mechanism of injury, or name any experts.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00127-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-09-29
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/03/2017) regarding 41 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. 16-0127V
Filed: March 3, 2017
UNPUBLISHED
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PARIS HENDERSON, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis
* (“Tdap”) and Measles-Mumps-Rubella
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * (“MMR”) Vaccines; Shoulder Injury
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Related to Vaccine Administration
* (“SIRVA”); Special Processing Unit
Respondent. * (“SPU”)
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Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for petitioner.
Linda Sara Renzi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On January 27, 2016, Paris Henderson (“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 alleges that she developed cellulitis
and a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of receiving
a Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) and measles-mumps-rubella (“MMR”)
vaccines on July 16, 2014. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed March 3, 2017, at ¶ 4.
Petitioner further alleges that she experienced the residual effects of her injury for more
than six months. Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies that the Tdap and/or MMR
immunizations are the cause of petitioner’s alleged cellulitis, SIRVA or any other injury,
or her current condition.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on March 3, 2017, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
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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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) A lump sum of $110,000.00, 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 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Id.
(b) A lump sum of $3,977.32, which amount represents reimbursement of a lien
for services rendered on behalf of petitioner, in the form of a check payable
jointly to petitioner and
The Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Medical Assistance Services
Accounts Receivable, TPL Unit, 8th Fl
600 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Attn: Marcie Hill-Johnson
Petitioner agrees to endorse the check to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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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