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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00985
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00985
Petitioner: Linda Multer
Filed: 2018-03-20
Decided: 2018-06-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2014-10-23
Condition: shoulder injury
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 15000

AI-assisted case summary:
Linda Multer filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury as a result of her October 23, 2014 influenza vaccination. She stated that she received the vaccination in the United States, that the effects of her injury lasted for more than six months, and that she had not received any prior award or settlement for her condition. Respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused petitioner’s shoulder injury or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and awarded Linda Multer a lump sum of $15,000.00. This amount is intended to compensate for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The decision directs the clerk of the court to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00985-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-06-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 3/20/2018) regarding 33 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (rp) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-985V
Filed: March 20, 2018
UNPUBLISHED
LINDA MULTER,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
Petitioner,
(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Justine Elizabeth Walters, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On August 11, 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 she suffered a shoulder injury as a result of her
October 23, 2014 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1-3; Stipulation, filed March
19, 2018, at ¶¶ 2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received her vaccination in the
United States, that she suffered the effects of her injury for more than six months, and
that “there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her
behalf as a result of her condition.” Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5; see Petition at ¶¶ 2, 11-13.
“Respondent denies that the influenza immunization caused petitioner’s shoulder injury
or any other injury or her current condition.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on March 19, 2018, 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 $15,000.00 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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