{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00788","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00788-0","petitioner_identifier":"Kristi Arrant","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2014-10-01","condition_raw":"shoulder injury","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":99131,"decision_date":"2018-10-24","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:01:08.639779+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Kristi Arrant alleged a shoulder injury caused by an influenza vaccine received on October 1, 2014, with residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent denied causation. The case was treated as a Table claim for SIRVA (Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration). The parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation, awarding petitioner $99,131.56 as compensation for all damages. The award represents a compromise of liability and damages. Attorneys' fees and costs were to be addressed in subsequent proceedings. The stipulation was not an admission of causation by the respondent. Petitioner was represented by Damon Louis Beard, and respondent by Althea Walker Davis. The decision date was October 24, 2018.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2017-06-13","case_summary":"Kristi Arrant filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 13, 2017, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury caused by an influenza vaccine received on October 1, 2014. 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 shoulder injury or any other injury or her current condition. Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on September 10, 2018, agreeing to settle the issues between them and to enter a decision awarding compensation. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Kristi Arrant was awarded a lump sum of $99,131.56, payable to her, as compensation for all items of damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). This amount represents a compromise of liability and damages. The stipulation also addressed future proceedings for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. The parties agreed that the payment would be made in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(i), subject to the availability of sufficient funds. Petitioner, on behalf of herself and her heirs, released the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from all claims related to the alleged injury from the October 1, 2014, influenza vaccination. The stipulation stated that it was a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages, except for attorneys' fees and litigation costs, and that it was not an admission by the United States or the Secretary that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. The decision was issued on October 24, 2018. Petitioner was represented by Damon Louis Beard of Townsley Law Firm, and respondent was represented by Althea Walker Davis of the U.S. Department of Justice.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Kristi Arrant","petitioner_attorney_name":"Damon Louis Beard","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Townsley Law Firm","petitioner_attorney_location":"Lake Charles, LA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:33","attorney_canonical_keys":"|damon-beard|","firm_canonical_key":"townsley","package_title":"ARRANT v. 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