{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00366","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00366-0","petitioner_identifier":"Gerald Hines","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2017-09-15","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":40000,"decision_date":"2021-04-01","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:12:54.564754+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Gerald Hines alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine on September 15, 2017. The theory was that the SIRVA met the Table definition or was caused-in-fact or significantly aggravated by the vaccine. Respondent denied the SIRVA onset was within the Table timeframe and denied causation or aggravation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding $40,000.00 as a lump sum. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or the breakdown of the award beyond the total lump sum. Petitioner's counsel was Leah VaSahnja Durant, and Respondent's counsel was Mallori Browne Openchowski. The decision date was April 1, 2021.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2019-03-11","case_summary":"Gerald Hines filed a petition on March 11, 2019, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. He alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 15, 2017. Mr. Hines claimed that his injury met the Table definition for SIRVA or, alternatively, was caused-in-fact or significantly aggravated by the vaccine. He further alleged that he received the vaccine in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had not filed a civil action or received other compensation for his SIRVA. The respondent denied that Mr. Hines suffered the onset of his alleged SIRVA within the Table timeframe and denied that the flu vaccine caused or significantly aggravated his alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, further denying that his current disabilities were a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on March 2, 2021. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation, found it reasonable, and adopted it as his decision. Pursuant to the stipulation, Mr. Hines was awarded $40,000.00 as a lump sum, payable by check to Petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a). The decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury. Petitioner was represented by Leah VaSahnja Durant, and Respondent was represented by Mallori Browne Openchowski.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Gerald Hines","petitioner_attorney_name":"Leah VaSahnja Durant","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Washington, DC","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:00","attorney_canonical_keys":"|leah-durant|","firm_canonical_key":"law-offices-of-leah-v-durant","package_title":"HINES v. 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