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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00026
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00026
Petitioner: Alton Redfern, Sr.
Filed: 2018-01-04
Decided: 2020-12-10
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2016-10-06
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 75000

AI-assisted case summary:
Alton Redfern, Sr. filed a petition for compensation on January 4, 2018, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on October 6, 2016, caused him to suffer shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). He further alleged that he experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated his alleged injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation to resolve the case. The stipulation stated that the injury was contained within the Vaccine Injury Table and that Mr. Redfern had not received any prior award or settlement for this condition. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Mr. Redfern a lump sum payment of $75,000.00. This amount was intended to compensate for all damages available under the law. The decision was filed on December 10, 2020.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00026-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-01-06
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/11/2020) regarding 85 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (Attachments: # (1) Joint Stipulation) (hh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:18-vv-00026-UNJ Document 89 Filed 01/06/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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ALTON REDFERN, SR., *
* No. 18-26V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: December 11, 2020
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * shoulder injury; SIRVA.
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Respondent. *
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Nancy R. Meyers, Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro, NC, for Petitioner;
Traci R. Patton, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On December 10, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Alton Redfern, Sr., on January 4, 2018.
Petitioner alleged that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on October 6,
2016, which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R.
§100.3(a), caused him to suffer 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 1:18-vv-00026-UNJ Document 89 Filed 01/06/21 Page 2 of 2
Respondent denies that the vaccines either caused or significantly
aggravated petitioner’s alleged injury or any other injury, and denies that
petitioner’s current disabilities are the result 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 $75,000.00 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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