{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283-0","petitioner_identifier":"Melissa Papineau","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2017-10-22","condition_raw":"Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":97440,"decision_date":"2020-04-14","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:09:27.161850+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Melissa Papineau received an influenza vaccine on October 22, 2017, and alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA). Respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation, which was adopted by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on April 14, 2020. The stipulation stated that the injury was a SIRVA, and that the condition persisted for more than six months. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or the specific Table category relied upon, but it does state that the influenza vaccine is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table. The parties agreed to a settlement, and Chief Special Master Corcoran awarded a lump sum of $97,440.19 to Petitioner. Petitioner was represented by Michael G. McLaren, and Respondent was represented by Lynn Christina Schlie.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2018-08-23","case_summary":"Melissa Papineau filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 23, 2018, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 22, 2017. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused the petitioner's injury. Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation on March 13, 2020. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed and adopted the stipulation, issuing a decision on April 14, 2020. The decision awarded Melissa Papineau a lump sum of $97,440.19, payable to her. This amount was stipulated to represent compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The stipulation also outlined that attorneys' fees and costs would be addressed in further proceedings. The parties agreed that the stipulation represented a full and complete settlement of liability and damages, except for attorneys' fees and costs, and that it was not an admission by the United States that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. Petitioner was represented by Michael G. McLaren of Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C., and respondent was represented by Lynn Christina Schlie of the U.S. Department of Justice.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Melissa Papineau","petitioner_attorney_name":"Michael G. McLaren","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"Memphis, TN","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:15","attorney_canonical_keys":"|michael-mclaren|","firm_canonical_key":"black-mclaren-jones-ryland-and-griffee","package_title":"PAPINEAU v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283-0","title":"PAPINEAU v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/13/2020) regarding 36 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2020-04-14","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":1651763,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01283-1","title":"PAPINEAU v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/16/2020) regarding 43 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2020-07-16","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}