{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258-0","petitioner_identifier":"Linda Simmonds","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2014-09-10","condition_raw":"Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":35000,"decision_date":"2016-11-10","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T02:49:02.254241+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine in left deltoid (September 10, 2014; petition originally alleged August 19, 2014 but court found September 10) alleged to cause SIRVA with residual effects for more than six months. COMPENSATED by joint stipulation. Respondent denied causation and denied any vaccine-caused injury; public stipulation has limited clinical facts. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation on November 10, 2016. Award: $35,000.00 lump sum payable to Linda Simmonds for all section 15(a) damages. Attorney: Paul Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2016-02-24","case_summary":"On February 24, 2016, Linda Simmonds filed a Vaccine Program petition after receiving an influenza vaccine in her left deltoid. Although the petition had alleged an August 19, 2014 vaccination date, the Chief Special Master later found that the evidence showed the vaccination occurred on September 10, 2014.\n\nSimmonds alleged that the flu shot caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or SIRVA, and that the residual effects lasted more than six months. The public stipulation materials do not describe a broader clinical timeline, treatment course, or diagnostic testing. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused the alleged SIRVA, residual effects, or any other injury.\n\nMaintaining those positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on November 10, 2016. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it the same day. Simmonds was awarded a lump sum of $35,000.00, payable to her, representing all damages available under section 15(a). She was represented by Paul Brazil of Muller Brazil, LLP.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Paul Brazil","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Muller Brazil, LLP","petitioner_attorney_location":"Dresher, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|paul-brazil|","firm_canonical_key":"muller-brazil","package_title":"SIMMONDS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258-0","title":"SIMMONDS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/10/2016) regarding 23 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2017-03-01","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":1313856,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00258-0"}]}