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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01483
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01483
Petitioner: Bryan Kitt
Filed: 2017-10-10
Decided: 2021-04-28
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2014-10-30
Condition: brachial neuritis and spinal accessory neuropathy, and/or in the alternative, he sustained a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (“SIRVA”)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 25000

AI-assisted case summary:
Bryan Kitt filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine he received on or about October 30, 2014, caused him to suffer brachial neuritis and spinal accessory neuropathy, or alternatively, a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA). He claimed these injuries resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months. The vaccine was administered on a date that falls within the Vaccine Injury Table's parameters for these conditions. Respondent denied that Mr. Kitt sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused his alleged injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation for compensation. The Court adopted the stipulation, awarding Mr. Kitt a lump sum payment of $25,000.00. This award is intended to compensate for all damages available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The clerk was directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the stipulation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01483-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-04-28
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/7/2021) regarding 74 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (Attachments: # (1) Appendix Joint Stipulation) (jmw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:17-vv-01483-UNJ Document 78 Filed 04/28/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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BRYAN KITT, *
* No. 17-1483V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: April 7, 2021
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * brachial neuritis; spinal accessory
* neuropathy; shoulder injury related to
* vaccine administration (“SIRVA”).
Respondent. *
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Edward Kraus, Law Offices of Chicago Kent, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner;
Claudia Gangi, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On April 6, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition
for compensation filed by Bryan Kitt on October 10, 2017. Petitioner alleged that
the influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on or about October 30, 2014, which is
contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused
him to suffer brachial neuritis and spinal accessory neuropathy, and/or in the
alternative, he sustained a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration
(“SIRVA”). Petitioner further alleges that he suffered the residual effects of this
injury for more than six months. Petitioner represents that there has been no prior
award or settlement of a civil action for damages on his behalf as a result of his
condition.
1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.

Case 1:17-vv-01483-UNJ Document 78 Filed 04/28/21 Page 2 of 2
Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, and
denies the vaccines either caused petitioner’s alleged injury or any other injury,
and denies that his current condition is a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.
Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Damages awarded in that stipulation include:
A lump sum payment of $25,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that
would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached
stipulation.2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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