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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01445
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01445
Petitioner: Mary Jane Corn
Filed: 2016-11-02
Decided: 2018-04-09
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-28
Condition: left shoulder injuries
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 60000

AI-assisted case summary:
Mary Jane Corn filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 2, 2016, alleging that she suffered left shoulder injuries as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on October 28, 2015. She further alleged that her injury and sequelae lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the influenza vaccine caused her injuries. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on January 24, 2018, 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, Mary Jane Corn was awarded a lump sum of $60,000.00 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. 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-01445-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-09
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/25/2018) regarding 30 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. 16-1445V
Filed: January 25, 2018
UNPUBLISHED
MARY JANE CORN,
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.
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Sarah Christina Duncan, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On November 2, 2016, Mary Jane Corn (“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 left
shoulder injuries as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on October 28,
2015. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed January 24, 2018, at ¶ 4. Petitioner further alleges
that she suffered her injury and sequelae for more than six months. Petition at 2;
Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner to
suffer left shoulder injuries or any other injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on January 24, 2018, 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 $60,000.00, 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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