{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00580","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00580-2","petitioner_identifier":"Carlo Smith","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2016-09-11","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":118662,"decision_date":"2018-05-22","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:00:16.442378+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Carlo Smith alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccination on September 11, 2016. The respondent conceded that the injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined on the Vaccine Injury Table and that petitioner met all legal prerequisites for compensation. The case was decided based on this concession and a proffer. No specific medical experts were named in the public decision, nor was a detailed mechanism of injury described beyond its classification as a Table injury. The Special Master's ruling on entitlement was issued on December 22, 2017, and the decision awarding damages was issued on May 22, 2018. Petitioner was awarded a lump sum of $118,662.06, comprising $115,000.00 for pain and suffering and $3,662.06 for past out-of-pocket expenses. Petitioner's counsel was Andrew Donald Downing, and respondent's counsel was Traci R. Patton. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey presided over the case.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2017-12-22","case_summary":"Carlo Smith filed a petition on May 1, 2017, alleging that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccination on September 11, 2016. The petition stated that Mr. Smith continued to experience pain more than six months after vaccination and that no civil action for damages had been brought, nor had any settlement or award been collected for his alleged vaccine-caused injury. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit. On December 20, 2017, the respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Mr. Smith's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined on the Vaccine Injury Table and that he had satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey issued a ruling on entitlement on December 22, 2017, finding Mr. Smith entitled to compensation. Subsequently, on May 22, 2018, Chief Special Master Dorsey issued a decision awarding damages. The respondent had proffered an award of $118,662.06, which included $115,000.00 for pain and suffering and $3,662.06 for past out-of-pocket expenses. The respondent represented that Mr. Smith agreed with this proffered award. Chief Special Master Dorsey found that Mr. Smith was entitled to the award as stated in the proffer and ordered a lump sum payment of $118,662.06, consisting of $115,000.00 for pain and suffering and $3,662.06 for past unreimbursable expenses, payable to Carlo Smith. Petitioner's counsel was Andrew Donald Downing of Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC. Respondent's counsel was Traci R. Patton of the U.S. Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the specific mechanism of injury. 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