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Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01226
Petitioner: Charlie Dee Mason
Filed: 2020-09-18
Decided: 2022-12-27
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2019-10-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 102309

AI-assisted case summary:
Charlie Dee Mason filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by an influenza vaccine administered on October 30, 2019. The petition stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that her injury effects lasted more than six months, and that she had not received prior compensation. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation, having satisfied the criteria in the Vaccine Injury Table for SIRVA. Based on this concession and the evidence, entitlement was granted. Subsequently, Respondent filed a proffer on award of compensation, indicating that Petitioner should be awarded $92,500.00 for pain and suffering and $9,809.35 for past unreimbursable expenses, totaling $102,309.35. A portion of the past unreimbursable expenses, $7,999.65, was for a debt to Cone Health Systems and was to be paid jointly to Petitioner and Healthcare Receivables Group. Petitioner agreed with the proffered award. The Chief Special Master issued a decision awarding Petitioner the total amount of $102,309.35, with a portion to be paid jointly for a debt.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01226-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-05-23
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/15/2022) regarding 40 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01226-UNJ Document 43 Filed 05/23/22 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1226V
UNPUBLISHED
CHARLIE DEE MASON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 15, 2022
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
HUMAN SERVICES, Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
Respondent. Administration (SIRVA)
Nancy Routh Meyers, Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro, NC, for Petitioner.
Dhairya Divyakant Jani, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 18, 2020, Charlie Dee Mason 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 alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) caused by an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered on
October 30, 2019. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was
administered within the United States, that she has suffered from the effects of her injury
for more than six months, and that neither Petitioner, no any other party, has received
compensation in the form of an award due to her injury. Petition at 1, 4. The case was
assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
1 Because this unpublished Ruling 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 Ruling 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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On April 12, 2022, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1.
Specifically, Respondent has concluded that Petitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth
in the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for a SIRVA.
Id. at 5.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01226-1
Date issued/filed: 2022-12-27
Pages: 5
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/14/2022) regarding 53 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (kp) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01226-UNJ Document 57 Filed 12/27/22 Page 1 of 5
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1226V
UNPUBLISHED
CHARLIE DEE MASON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: November 14, 2022
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Damages Decision Based on Proffer;
HUMAN SERVICES, Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder
Injury Related to Vaccine
Respondent. Administration (SIRVA)
Nancy Routh Meyers, Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro, NC, for Petitioner.
James Vincent Lopez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On September 18, 2020, Charlie Dee Mason 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 alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) caused by an influenza vaccination administered on
October 30, 2019. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of
the Office of Special Masters.
On April 15, 2022, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding Petitioner entitled to
compensation for a SIRVA. On November 9, 2022, Respondent filed a proffer on award
of compensation (“Proffer”) indicating Petitioner should be awarded $92,500.00 for pain
and suffering and $9,809.35 for past unreimbursable expenses. Proffer at 2-3.
Respondent also proffered that $7,999.65 of the proffered compensation for past
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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unreimbursable expenses is for a debt incurred to Cone Health Systems, and should be
made jointly payable to Petitioner and Healthcare Receivables Group, the debt collector
seeking payment on behalf of Cone Health Systems. Id. In the Proffer, Respondent
represented that Petitioner agrees with the proffered award. Id. Based on the record as a
whole, I find that Petitioner is entitled to an award as stated in the Proffer.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Proffer, I award Petitioner:
A. a lump sum payment of $94,309.70 in the form of a check payable to
petitioner, Charlie Dee Mason; and
B. A lump sum payment of $7,999.65 in satisfaction of her debt to Healthcare
Receivables Group, in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner3 and
to:
Healthcare Receivables Group
P.O. Box 10168
Knoxville, TN 37939-0168
The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to Healthcare Receivables Group.
4 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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Case 1:20-vv-01226-UNJ Document 57 Filed 12/27/22 Page 3 of 5
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
___________________________________
)
CHARLIE DEE MASON, )
)
Petitioner, )
) No. 20-1226VECF
v. ) Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran
)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND )
HUMAN SERVICES, )
)
Respondent. )
____________________________________)
PROFFER ON AWARD OF COMPENSATION
On April 12, 2022, respondent filed a Vaccine Rule 4(c) report concluding that petitioner
suffered an injury that is compensable under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34, that is, a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table. Accordingly, on April 15,
2022, the Chief Special Master issued a Ruling on Entitlement.
I. Items of Compensation
A. Pain and Suffering
Based upon the evidence of record, respondent proffers that petitioner should be awarded
a lump sum of $92,500.00 for pain and suffering, in the form of a check payable to petitioner.
See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4). Petitioner agrees.
B. Past Unreimbursable Expenses
Evidence supplied by petitioner documents that she incurred past unreimbursable
expenses related to her vaccine-related injury. Respondent proffers that petitioner should be
awarded past unreimbursable expenses in the amount of $9,809.35. See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
15(a)(1)(B). $7,999.65 of the proffered compensation for past unreimbursable expenses is for
petitioner’s debt incurred for a right shoulder operation and a check in this amount should be

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made jointly payable to petitioner and Healthcare Receivables Group, the debt collector seeking
payment of this debt on behalf of Cone Health System.
The above amounts represent all elements of compensation to which petitioner would be
entitled under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Petitioner agrees.
II. Form of the Award
Petitioner is a competent adult. Evidence of guardianship is not required in this case.
The parties recommend that compensation provided to petitioner should be made through two
lump sum payments described below, and request that the Chief Special Master’s decision and
the Court’s judgment award the following:1
A. A lump sum payment of $94,309.70 in the form of a check payable to petitioner; and
B. A lump sum payment of $7,999.65 in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner
and:
Healthcare Receivables Group
P.O. Box 10168
Knoxville, TN 37939-0168
Petitioner agrees to endorse the check for satisfaction of her debt to Healthcare
Receivables Group.
III. Summary of Recommended Payments Following Judgment
Lump sum payable to petitioner, Charlie Dee Mason: $94,309.70
Lump sum payable to petitioner, Charlie Dee Mason, $7,999.65
and Health Receivables Group:
1 Should petitioner die prior to entry of judgment, the parties reserve the right to move the Court
for appropriate relief. In particular, respondent would oppose any award for future medical
expenses, future pain and suffering, and future lost wages.
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Case 1:20-vv-01226-UNJ Document 57 Filed 12/27/22 Page 5 of 5
Respectfully submitted,
BRIAN M. BOYNTON
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
C. SALVATORE D’ALESSIO
Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
HEATHER L. PEARLMAN
Deputy Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
TRACI R. PATTON
Assistant Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
s/ James V. Lopez
James V. Lopez
Trial Attorney
Torts Branch, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 146, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0146
Tel: (202) 616-3655
Fax: (202) 616-4310
Email: james.lopez@usdoj.gov
Date: November 9, 2022
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