{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898-0","petitioner_identifier":"Anthony Stefano","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":80000,"decision_date":"2021-01-12","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:14:31.810509+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on October 22, 2017 allegedly causing shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, vaccine causation, any other vaccine-caused injury, and any current vaccine-caused condition. Public stipulation provides no onset interval, clinical timeline, examination findings, imaging, injections, therapy, experts, or biological mechanism. Decision: Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran, January 12, 2021. Award $80,000.00 lump sum to petitioner for all damages. Petition filed June 19, 2019. Attorney: Lisa Annette Roquemore.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2019-06-19","case_summary":"Anthony Stefano filed his petition on June 19, 2019, alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 22, 2017 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The petition asserted a Table SIRVA claim and alleged that Stefano experienced residual effects for more than six months. He was represented by Lisa Annette Roquemore.\n\nRespondent disputed the claim in the parties' stipulation. Respondent denied that Stefano suffered a Table SIRVA, denied that the influenza vaccine caused his shoulder injury, denied that the vaccine caused any other injury, and denied that any current condition was vaccine caused. The case did not proceed to a published entitlement analysis; instead, the parties filed a stipulation resolving compensation.\n\nThe public stipulation does not describe Stefano's clinical course in detail. It does not say when his first shoulder pain began, how severe it was, what medical examinations showed, whether imaging or injections were performed, whether he underwent physical therapy, or how the injury affected work or daily life. Those missing details matter to the human story, but they are not contained in the public staged decision. The available record shows a disputed SIRVA claim arising from the October 22, 2017 flu shot and a negotiated resolution without respondent admitting causation.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable. On January 12, 2021, he adopted it as the decision awarding compensation and directed entry of judgment. Stefano received $80,000.00 as a lump sum for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Anthony Stefano","petitioner_attorney_name":"Lisa Annette Roquemore","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore","petitioner_attorney_location":"Rancho Santa Margarita, CA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:04","attorney_canonical_keys":"|lisa-roquemore|","firm_canonical_key":"law-office-of-lisa-a-roquemore","package_title":"STEFANO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898-0","title":"STEFANO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/12/2021) regarding 40 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2021-02-26","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":405077,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00898-1","title":"STEFANO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/24/2021) regarding 46 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2021-03-29","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}