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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01253
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01253
Petitioner: Danielle Horne
Filed: 2020-09-23
Decided: 2022-06-24
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2018-10-18
Condition: Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 75000

AI-assisted case summary:
Danielle Horne filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 23, 2020, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 18, 2018. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms. Horne's claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA and that she was entitled to compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a Ruling on Entitlement on December 17, 2021, finding Ms. Horne entitled to compensation. Subsequently, on May 23, 2022, the respondent filed a proffer on an award of compensation, which Ms. Horne agreed to. Chief Special Master Corcoran issued a Decision Awarding Damages on June 24, 2022, awarding Ms. Horne a lump sum of $75,000.00 for pain and suffering. Petitioner was represented by Leigh Finfer of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent was represented by Jamica Marie Littles of the U.S. Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, or treatments. The specific mechanism of injury is not detailed in the public decision, other than it being a Table injury for SIRVA.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Danielle Horne alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine administered on October 18, 2018. The respondent conceded that the claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA. The case was decided based on this concession, with no specific medical experts or detailed causation theories presented in the public record beyond the "Table Injury" designation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a Ruling on Entitlement on December 17, 2021, finding Petitioner entitled to compensation. A subsequent Decision Awarding Damages on June 24, 2022, awarded Petitioner a lump sum of $75,000.00 for pain and suffering, as agreed upon in a proffer between Petitioner and Respondent. Petitioner was represented by Leigh Finfer (Muller Brazil, LLP), and Respondent was represented by Jamica M. Littles (U.S. Department of Justice).

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01253-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-01-19
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/17/2021) regarding 28 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01253-UNJ Document 30 Filed 01/19/22 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1253V
UNPUBLISHED
DANIELLE HORNE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 17, 2021
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Special Processing Unit (SPU);
HUMAN SERVICES, Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
Table Injury; Influenza (Flu);
Respondent. Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
Administration (SIRVA).
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Jamica Marie Littles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 23, 2020, Danielle Horne 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of the influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered on
October 18, 2018. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of
the Office of Special Masters.
On December 17, 2021, 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 (ECF No. 27) at 1. Specifically, Respondent concludes that Petitioner’s claim
meets the Table criteria for SIRVA. Id. at 9-10 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)).
1 Because this unpublished opinion 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 opinion will be available to anyone with access to the internet.
In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioners have 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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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-01253-1
Date issued/filed: 2022-06-24
Pages: 4
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/23/2022) regarding 35 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01253-UNJ Document 39 Filed 06/24/22 Page 1 of 4
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1253V
UNPUBLISHED
DANIELLE HORNE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 23, 2022
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Special Processing Unit (SPU);
HUMAN SERVICES, Damages Decision based on Proffer;
Influenza (Flu); Shoulder Injury
Respondent. Related to Vaccine Administration
(SIRVA).
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Jamica Marie Littles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On September 23, 2020, Danielle Horne 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of the influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered on
October 18, 2018. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of
the Office of Special Masters.
On December 17, 2021, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding Petitioner
entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA. On May 23, 2022, Respondent filed a proffer
on an award of compensation (“Proffer”). In the Proffer, Respondent represented that
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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Petitioner agrees with the proffered award. 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 the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $75,000.00 (for pain and suffering) in the form of a check payable
to Petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be
available under Section 15(a).
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.
2

Case 1:20-vv-01253-UNJ Document 39 Filed 06/24/22 Page 3 of 4
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
)
DANIELLE HORNE, )
)
Petitioner, )
) No. 20-1253V
v. ) Chief Special Master Corcoran
) ECF
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN )
SERVICES, )
)
Respondent. )
)
RESPONDENT’S PROFFER ON AWARD OF COMPENSATION
On September 23, 2020, Danielle Horne (“petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34
(“Vaccine Act” or “Act”), as amended. Petitioner alleges that she suffered a Shoulder Injury
Related to Vaccine Administration (“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, following
her receipt of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination in her left shoulder on October 18, 2018. See
Petition (“Pet.”) at 1; Exhibit (“Ex.”) 1 at 13, 17-18. On December 17, 2021, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (“respondent”) filed a Rule 4(c) Report indicating that this case is
appropriate for compensation under the terms of the Act for a SIRVA Table injury, and on the
same day, the Chief Special Master issued a Ruling on Entitlement finding petitioner entitled to
compensation. ECF No. 27-29.
I. Type of Compensation
Respondent proffers that petitioner should be awarded $75,000.00 in pain and suffering.
See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4). This amount represents all elements of compensation to which
petitioner is entitled under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Petitioner agrees.

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II. Form of the Award
Petitioner is a competent adult. Evidence of guardianship is not required in this case.
Respondent requests that the Chief Special Master’s decision and the Court’s judgment award
the following1: a lump sum payment of $75,000.00, in the form of a check payable to petitioner.
III. Summary of Recommended Payment Following Judgment
Lump sum payable to petitioner, Danielle Horne: $75,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
BRIAN M. BOYNTON
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
C.SALVATORE D’ALESSIO
Acting Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
HEATHER L. PEARLMAN
Deputy Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
ALEXIS B. BABCOCK
Assistant Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
/s/ Jamica M. Littles
JAMICA M. LITTLES
Trial Attorney
Torts Branch, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 146 Benjamin Franklin Station
Washington D.C. 20044-0146
Tel: (202) 305-4014
Fax: (202) 616-4310
E-mail: jamica.m.littles@usdoj.gov
DATED: May 23, 2022
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 lost earnings
and future pain and suffering.
2