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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00093
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00093
Petitioner: Sheryl Longin
Filed: 2017-01-23
Decided: 2020-10-27
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2014-10-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) and adhesive capsulitis
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 30000

AI-assisted case summary:
Sheryl Longin filed a petition on January 23, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 30, 2014, caused her to suffer from a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and adhesive capsulitis. She further alleged that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months. The respondent denied that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner's alleged injuries. The parties reached a joint stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Sheryl Longin a lump sum payment of $30,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages. The decision was filed on October 27, 2020. Petitioner was represented by Ronald C. Homer & Lauren E. Faga of Conway, Homer, P.C., and respondent was represented by Sarah C. Duncan of the United States Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Sheryl Longin alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on October 30, 2014, caused Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) and adhesive capsulitis, with residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent denied causation. The parties reached a stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the Court's decision. The stipulation did not detail the specific mechanism of injury or name experts. The case was compensated under the Vaccine Injury Table. The award was a lump sum of $30,000.00. The decision date was October 27, 2020. Petitioner's counsel was Conway, Homer, P.C., and respondent's counsel was the U.S. Department of Justice.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00093-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-10-27
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 9/23/2020) regarding 115 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (abs) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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SHERYL LONGIN, *
* No. 17-93V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: September 23, 2020
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * shoulder injury related to vaccine
* administration (“SIRVA”); adhesive
capsulitis.
Respondent. *
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Ronald C. Homer & Lauren E. Faga, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for
Petitioner;
Sarah C. Duncan, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On September 23, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Sheryl Longin on January 23, 2017. Petitioner
alleged that the influenza vaccine she received on October 30, 2014, which is
contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused
her to suffer from a shoulder injury related to vaccination administration
(“SIRVA”) and adhesive capsulitis. Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the
residual effects of this injury for more than six months. Petitioner represents that
there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her
behalf as a result of her condition.
1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.

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Respondent denies that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner to suffer
from SIRVA, adhesive capsulitis, or any other injury.
Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Damages awarded in that stipulation include:
A lump sum payment of $30,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that
would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached
stipulation.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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