{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00484","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00484-0","petitioner_identifier":"Virginia Flanagan","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2018-09-10","condition_raw":"left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":28000,"decision_date":"2022-06-14","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T03:14:40.542649+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":2,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner alleged that Virginia Flanagan sustained a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following receipt of an influenza vaccine on September 10, 2018, and experienced residual effects for more than six months. Respondent denied a SIRVA Table injury and causation. The parties settled via joint stipulation, agreeing to an award of $28,000.00 as a lump sum to the estate of Virginia Flanagan. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision on June 14, 2022. The stipulation stated that it was not an admission of liability by the respondent. The public text does not specify the medical mechanism of injury or name any experts.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-04-22","case_summary":"On April 22, 2020, Virginia Flanagan 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) following receipt of an influenza vaccine on September 10, 2018. The petition further alleged that Mrs. Flanagan experienced residual effects of the injury for more than six months. Upon Mrs. Flanagan's death, her husband, Donald Flanagan, as personal representative of her estate, was substituted as the petitioner. The respondent denied that Mrs. Flanagan sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, any other injury, or her subsequent death. The parties, represented by Leigh Finfer of Muller Brazil, LLP for the petitioner and Lara Ann Englund of the U.S. Department of Justice for the respondent, filed a joint stipulation on April 26, 2022. In this stipulation, they agreed that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision. He awarded a lump sum of $28,000.00, payable to Donald Flanagan as the legal representative of the estate of Virginia Flanagan. This amount was designated as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. The stipulation stated that it represented a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages, and it explicitly noted that it was not an admission by the United States or the Secretary of Health and Human Services that Mrs. Flanagan sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused any injury or her death. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, or treatments Mrs. Flanagan underwent. It also does not name any medical experts who provided opinions in this case.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. 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