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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01201
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01201
Petitioner: Brenda Booker
Filed: 2017-09-06
Decided: 2019-04-17
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-09-25
Condition: left shoulder injuries, specifically a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 102500

AI-assisted case summary:
Brenda Booker filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 6, 2017. She alleged that an influenza vaccination received on September 25, 2015, caused a left shoulder injury, specifically a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). Ms. Booker stated that the vaccination occurred in the United States, that she experienced residual effects for more than six months, and that no civil action had been filed or other compensation received for the alleged vaccine-caused injury. The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused Ms. Booker's injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable. As a result, Ms. Booker was awarded a lump sum of $102,500.00, payable by check, as compensation for all items of damages available under § 15(a). The decision was issued on April 17, 2019. Petitioner was represented by Shealene Priscilla Mancuso of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent was represented by Christine Mary Becer of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Brenda Booker alleged that an influenza vaccination administered on September 25, 2015, caused a left shoulder injury, specifically a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation, which was approved by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or clinical findings. The award was a lump sum of $102,500.00. The decision date was April 17, 2019. Petitioner's counsel was Shealene Priscilla Mancuso, and respondent's counsel was Christine Mary Becer.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01201-0
Date issued/filed: 2019-04-17
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/27/2019) regarding 38 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 17-1201V
Filed: February 27, 2019
UNPUBLISHED
BRENDA BOOKER,
Petitioner,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
v.
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
Related to Vaccine Administration
HUMAN SERVICES,
(SIRVA)
Respondent.
Shealene Priscilla Mancuso, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Christine Mary Becer, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On September 6, 2017, 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 shouler injuries, specifically a
shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) caused in fact by the
influenza vaccination she received on September 25, 2015. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 16;
Stipulation, filed Feb. 27, 2019, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received
the vaccination in the United States, has suffered the residual effects of her injury for
more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or
received compensation for her injury alleged as vaccine caused. Petition at ¶¶ 2,16-18;
Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner to
1 The undersigned intends to post this decision on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website.
This means the decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. 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. Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the
action in this case, undersigned is required 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).
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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suffer from a left shoulder injury or any other injury or her current condition.” Stipulation
at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on February 27, 2019, 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 $102,500.00 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 § 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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