VICP Registry Case Source Bundle Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00802 Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00802 Petitioner: Crystal Jensen Filed: 2018-06-06 Decided: 2020-07-01 Vaccine: influenza Vaccination date: 2016-11-28 Condition: left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) Outcome: compensated Award amount USD: 67547 AI-assisted case summary: Crystal Jensen filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program alleging that she suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on November 28, 2016. She further alleged that she experienced the residual effects of this condition for more than six months. Respondent denied that Ms. Jensen sustained a SIRVA Table injury and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Nevertheless, on July 1, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. Ms. Jensen was awarded a lump sum of $67,547, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The award was to be paid in the form of a check payable to Petitioner. Theory of causation field: unclear Public staged source text: ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00802-0 Date issued/filed: 2020-08-05 Pages: 7 Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 07/01/2020) regarding 38 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 7 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 18-0802V UNPUBLISHED CRYSTAL JENSEN, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, Filed: July 1, 2020 v. Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Stipulation on Damages; Influenza HUMAN SERVICES, (Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration Respondent. (SIRVA) Shealene Priscilla Mancuso, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner. Linda Sara Renzi, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1 On June 6, 2018, Crystal Jensen 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 left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on November 28, 2016. Petition at 1; Stipulation, issued at July 1, 2020, ¶¶ 4, 6. Petitioner further alleges that she experienced the residual effects of this condition for more than six months. Petition at 3; Stipulation at ¶ 4. “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; and denies that her current condition is a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6. Nevertheless, on July 1, 2020, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation, stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein. 1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required 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). This means the decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. 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, I agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I 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). Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 of 7 Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following compensation: A lump sum of $67,546.74, 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. I approve 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/Brian H. Corcoran Brian H. Corcoran 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. 2 Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 3 of 7 Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 4 of 7 Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 5 of 7 Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 6 of 7 Case 1:18-vv-00802-UNJ Document 42 Filed 08/05/20 Page 7 of 7