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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01184
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01184
Petitioner: Jaclyn Arnold
Filed: 2017-10-27
Decided: 2018-02-09
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2013-11-01
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20000

AI-assisted case summary:
Jaclyn Arnold filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered an injury to her right shoulder as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on November 1, 2013. She further alleged that her vaccine-related injuries lasted for more than six months. Respondent denied that the flu immunization caused her alleged shoulder pain, lipoma, and/or any other injury. Nevertheless, on October 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. The decision awarded Jaclyn Arnold a lump sum of $20,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The clerk of the court was directed 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-01184-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-02-09
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/27/2017) regarding 34 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. 16-1184V
Filed: October 27, 2017
UNPUBLISHED
JACLYN ARNOLD,
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.
Amber Diane Wilson, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Washington, DC, for petitioner.
Ryan Daniel Pyles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On September 22, 2016, Jaclyn Arnold (“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 an injury to
her right shoulder as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on November
1, 2013. Petition at 1-2; Stipulation, filed October 27, 2017, at ¶ 4. Petitioner further
alleges that she suffered her vaccine-related injuries for more than six months. Petition
at 2; Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies that the flu immunization is the cause of
petitioner’s alleged shoulder pain, lipoma, and/or any other injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on October 27, 2017, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned
finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding
damages, on the terms set forth therein.
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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Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned
awards the following compensation:
A lump sum of $20,000.00, 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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