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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01216
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01216
Petitioner: Cheryl LaGamma
Filed: 2017-05-25
Decided: 2017-12-19
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-02
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 75465

AI-assisted case summary:
Cheryl LaGamma filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 2, 2015. She asserted that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that her injury had residual effects lasting more than six months, and that she had not received any prior award or settlement for this condition. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu immunization caused Ms. LaGamma's alleged SIRVA or any other injury. Despite the respondent's denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on May 23, 2017, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the Court's decision. Ms. LaGamma was awarded a lump sum of $75,465.00, representing compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the award was based on the joint stipulation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01216-0
Date issued/filed: 2017-12-19
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/25/2017) regarding 18 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. 16-1216V
Filed: May 25, 2017
Unpublished
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CHERYL LAGAMMA, *
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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages;
v. * Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine; Shoulder
* Injury Related to Vaccine Administration
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * (“SIRVA”); Special Processing Unit
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“SPU”)
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Respondent. *
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Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Linda S. Renzi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On September 28, 2016, Cheryl LaGamma (“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 related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of receiving the influenza
(“flu”) vaccine on October 2, 2015. Pet. at 1-3; Stip., filed May 23, 2017, at ¶¶ 1, 2, 4.
Petitioner further asserts that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that
she experienced the residual 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 as a result of
her condition. Pet. at ¶¶ 2, 8-10; Stip. at ¶¶ 3-5. Respondent denies that the flu
immunization is the cause of petitioner’s alleged SIRVA or any other injury, or her
current condition. Stip. at ¶ 6.
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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Nevertheless, on May 23, 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.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned
awards the following compensation:
A lump sum of $75,465.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner,
Cheryl LaGamma. Stip. at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all
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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