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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01429
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01429
Petitioner: Virginie Bridges
Filed: 2017-10-04
Decided: 2018-12-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2016-10-21
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 73480

AI-assisted case summary:
Virginie Bridges filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 4, 2017, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) causally related to an influenza vaccination received on October 21, 2016. She stated she received the vaccination in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had not filed a civil action or received other compensation. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged SIRVA or any other injury. Nevertheless, on October 10, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Virginie Bridges was awarded a lump sum of $73,480.00 as compensation for all items of damages.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01429-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-12-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/10/2018) regarding 32 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. 17-1429V
Filed: October 10, 2018
UNPUBLISHED
VIRGINIE BRIDGES,
Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
Petitioner,
Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
v.
(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
Related to Vaccine Administration
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
(SIRVA)
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jessica Anne Olins, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Washington, DC, for petitioner.
Colleen Clemons Hartley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On October 4, 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) causally related to the influenza vaccination she received on
October 21, 2016. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 12; Stipulation, filed Oct. 10, 2018, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4.
Petitioner further alleges that she received he vaccination in the United States, 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 ¶¶ 1, 13, 16-17; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies
that the flu vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged SIRVA or any other injury and further
denies that her alleged current disabilities are a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.”
Stipulation at ¶ 6.
1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned intends 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). 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.
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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Nevertheless, on October 10, 2018, 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 $73,480.00 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.
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