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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01196
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01196
Petitioner: Sara Campbell
Filed: 2020-09-14
Decided: 2022-08-29
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2018-10-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 8000

AI-assisted case summary:
On September 14, 2020, Sara Campbell filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. She alleged that she received an influenza vaccine on October 9, 2018, and that this vaccine caused her to sustain a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details of the injury, diagnostic tests performed, or treatments received. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused Petitioner's alleged right shoulder injury or any other injury. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation for damages. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable. As a result, Chief Special Master Corcoran awarded Sara Campbell $8,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages in a lump sum, payable to Petitioner. The decision does not name petitioner counsel or respondent counsel. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with this decision unless a motion for review was filed.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Sara Campbell alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on October 9, 2018, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. Respondent denied causation. The parties filed a joint stipulation for damages, which was approved by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or the evidence considered beyond the stipulation. The outcome was a compensated award of $8,000.00 as a lump sum. The decision was issued on August 29, 2022. Petitioner's counsel was Leigh Finfer of Muller Brazil, LLP, and Respondent's counsel was Lynn Christina Schlie of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01196-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-09-28
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/29/2022) regarding 36 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1196V
UNPUBLISHED
SARA CAMPBELL, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: August 29, 2022
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint
HUMAN SERVICES, Stipulation on Damages; Influenza
(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
Respondent. Related to Vaccine Administration
(SIRVA).
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Lynn Christina Schlie, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON STIPULATION1
On September 14, 2020, Sara Campbell filed a petition for compensation under
the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner received an influenza (“flu”) vaccine, which vaccine is contained
in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a), on October 9, 2018.
Petitioner alleges that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
(“SIRVA”) as defined in the Table. She further alleges that the flu vaccine caused her
alleged shoulder injury and that she suffered the residual effects of this alleged injury for
more than six months. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit (“SPU”) of
the Office of Special Masters.
1 Because this unpublished Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am
required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-
Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic
Government Services). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the
internet. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact
medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
If, upon review, I agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from
public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).

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Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused Petitioner to suffer a right shoulder
injury or any other injury or her current condition, and denies that Petitioner sustained a
Table SIRVA injury.
Nevertheless, on August 29, 2022, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation
reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $8,000.00 in the form of a check payable to Petitioner.
Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages that
would be available under Section 15(a). Id.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. In the absence of
a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to
enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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