{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01344","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01344-0","petitioner_identifier":"Heather Woolley","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2015-10-03","condition_raw":"brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome)","condition_category":"brachial_neuritis","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":162500,"decision_date":"2020-10-08","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T00:52:54.150753+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on October 3, 2015 allegedly causing brachial neuritis / Parsonage-Turner syndrome with residual effects lasting more than six months. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied vaccine causation for brachial neuritis, any other injury/condition, and any current vaccine-caused condition. Public stipulation provides no onset description, neurology findings, EMG/NCS, imaging, steroid response, therapy course, experts, literature, or biological mechanism. Decision: Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran, October 8, 2020. Award $162,500.00 lump sum to petitioner. Petition filed September 27, 2017. Attorney: Alison H. Haskins, Maglio Christopher & Toale.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2017-09-27","case_summary":"Heather Woolley filed her petition on September 27, 2017, alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 3, 2015 caused brachial neuritis, also described as Parsonage-Turner syndrome. She alleged that the effects of the injury persisted for more than six months. Woolley was represented by Alison H. Haskins of Maglio Christopher & Toale.\n\nRespondent did not admit causation. The stipulation states that respondent denied that the influenza vaccine caused Woolley's brachial neuritis, denied that it caused any other injury or condition, and denied that any current condition was vaccine caused. The case resolved by stipulation rather than a published entitlement ruling.\n\nThe public stipulation gives the legal and settlement posture but not a detailed medical timeline. It does not describe the first symptom, whether Woolley experienced acute shoulder or arm pain, weakness, sensory changes, diagnostic studies, neurology evaluations, steroid treatment, physical therapy, or the course of recovery. It also does not identify experts or explain a biological mechanism for Parsonage-Turner syndrome in this particular record. The human story that can be told from the public text is therefore narrow: Woolley attributed a brachial neuritis syndrome to the October 2015 flu shot, respondent disputed that connection, and the parties settled the contested claim.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision on October 8, 2020. Woolley received $162,500.00 as a lump-sum award for all Vaccine Act damages, with judgment directed in that amount.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Heather Woolley","petitioner_attorney_name":"Alison H. Haskins","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA","petitioner_attorney_location":"Sarasota, FL","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:07","attorney_canonical_keys":"|alison-haskins|","firm_canonical_key":"maglio-christopher-and-toale","package_title":"WOOLLEY v. 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