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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01698
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01698
Petitioner: Deborah Franklin
Filed: 2016-12-28
Decided: 2018-04-11
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2016-01-27
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 135000

AI-assisted case summary:
Deborah Franklin filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 28, 2016, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a Tdap vaccination on January 27, 2016. She further alleged that she suffered residual effects or complications from her left SIRVA injuries for more than six months. Respondent denied that the Tdap immunization caused petitioner’s alleged SIRVA and/or any other injury. Nevertheless, on January 16, 2018, 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, Deborah Franklin was awarded a lump sum of $135,000.00 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-01698-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-04-11
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/16/2018) regarding 41 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. 16-1698V
Filed: January 16, 2018
UNPUBLISHED
DEBORAH FRANKLIN,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Stipulation on Damages; Tdap
Vaccination; Shoulder Injury Related
Petitioner,
to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bruce William Slane, Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C., White Plains, NY, for
petitioner.
Ryan Daniel Pyles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On December 28, 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 related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) after receiving a Tdap vaccination on January 27,
2016. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed January 16, 2018, at ¶ 1. Petitioner further alleges
she “suffered residual effects or complications from her left SIRVA injuries for more than
six months.” Petition at 6; Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies “that the Tdap
immunization if the cause of petitioner’s alleged SIRVA and/or any other injury. ”
Stipulation 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 January 16, 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.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned
awards the following compensation:
A lump sum of $135,000.00 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.
2

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