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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01556
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01556
Petitioner: Robin Cooley
Filed: 2017-10-18
Decided: 2021-05-03
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2016-12-13
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 27500

AI-assisted case summary:
Robin Cooley filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 18, 2017, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 13, 2016. The respondent denied that the immunization caused the petitioner's injury. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. The respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $27,500.00 as compensation for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation in that amount. The decision was issued on May 3, 2021. The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The specific mechanism of injury is also not described in the public decision.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Robin Cooley alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine on December 13, 2016. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a settlement via joint stipulation. Respondent agreed to a lump sum payment of $27,500.00 for all damages. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation on May 3, 2021. The public decision does not detail the specific theory of causation, medical experts, or the mechanism of injury.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01556-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-05-03
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/7/2021) regarding 65 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (ec) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 17-1556V
Filed: April 7, 2021
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ROBIN COOLEY, * UNPUBLISHED
*
Petitioner, * Decision on Joint Stipulation;
* Shoulder Injury Related to
v. * Vaccine Administration
* (“SIRVA”); Influenza (“Flu”)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Vaccine.
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mari Bush Esq., Mari C. Bush LLC, Boulder, CO, for petitioner.
Adriana Teitel, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On October 18, 2017, Robin Cooley [“Ms. Cooley” or “petitioner”] filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that
she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) after receiving an
influenza (“flu”) vaccine on December 13, 2016. Stipulation, filed April 7, 2021, at ¶¶ 1-4.
Respondent denies that the immunization caused petitioner’s injury. Stipulation at ¶ 6.
1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “unpublished,” it will nevertheless be posted on the
Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347,
116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). This means the Decision will
be available to anyone with access to the internet. However, the parties may object to the Decision’s
inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party
has fourteen days within which to request redaction “of any information furnished by that party: (1) that is
a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes
medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, the whole Decision will be available to the public. Id.
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, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On April 7, 2021, the parties filed
a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlement terms.
Respondent agrees to issue the following payment:
A lump sum of $27,500.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner, Robin
Cooley. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available
under § 300aa-15(a).
I adopt the parties’ stipulation attached hereto, and award compensation in the amount and
on the terms set forth therein. The clerk of the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance
with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party filing a notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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