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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00762
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00762
Petitioner: Mark Santia
Filed: 2019-05-22
Decided: 2021-12-21
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2019-09-29
Condition: left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 30000

AI-assisted case summary:
Mark Santia filed a petition for compensation on May 22, 2019, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on September 29, 2019, caused him to suffer a left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). He further alleged that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA within the timeframe set forth in the Table and denied that the flu vaccine caused or significantly aggravated his alleged shoulder injury or any other injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Damages awarded in the stipulation included a lump sum payment of $30,000.00, representing compensation for all damages available under the law for injuries allegedly related to petitioner’s receipt of the flu vaccine. The decision was entered on December 21, 2021.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00762-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-01-14
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/22/2021) regarding 53 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (amb) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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MARK SANTIA, *
* No. 19-762V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. *
* Filed: December 22, 2021
SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Stipulation; influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
* shoulder injury related to vaccine
Respondent. * administration (“SIRVA”).
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Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr., Rawls Law Group, Richmond, VA, for petitioner;
Ryan D. Pyles, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
UNPUBLISHED DECISION1
On December 21, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Mark Santia on May 22, 2019. Petitioner
alleged that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on September 29, 2019,
which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (“Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a),
caused him to suffer a left-sided 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.
Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA within the
timeframe set forth in the Table and denies that the flu vaccine caused or
significantly aggravated petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury or any other injury.
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.

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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 $30,000.00 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) for injuries allegedly
related to petitioner’s receipt of the flu vaccine.
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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