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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00977
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00977
Petitioner: David Hanson
Filed: 2017-06-27
Decided: 2018-04-05
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-08
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 82000

AI-assisted case summary:
David Hanson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by his October 8, 2015 influenza vaccination. He further alleged that he experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six months. Respondent denied that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner to suffer from SIRVA or any other injury. Nevertheless, on June 27, 2017, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, David Hanson was awarded a lump sum of $82,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The award was made in the form of a check payable to petitioner.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00977-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-05
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/27/2017) regarding 31 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer (Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-977V
Filed: June 27, 2017
UNPUBLISHED
DAVID HANSON,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
Petitioner,
(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
v.
Related to Vaccine Administration
(SIRVA)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
petitioner.
Sarah Christina Duncan, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On August 10, 2016, 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 he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration caused by his October 8, 2015 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1;
Stipulation, filed June 27, 2017, at ¶ 4. Petitioner further alleges that he experienced
residual effects of this injury for more than six months and that there has been no prior
award or settlement of a civil action for damages on his behalf as a result of his
condition. Petition at 2; Stipulation at ¶¶ 4-5. “Respondent denies that the influenza
vaccine caused petitioner to suffer from SIRVA or any other injury. ” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on June 27, 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.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned
awards the following compensation:
A lump sum of $82,000.00 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.
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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