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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00471
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00471
Petitioner: Tarsha White
Filed: 2021-01-11
Decided: 2024-01-08
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2018-11-08
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 15500

AI-assisted case summary:
Tarsha White filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from hepatitis B, hepatitis A, and Tdap vaccinations received on November 8, 2018. She alleged that the vaccines were administered within the United States, her shoulder/arm pain persisted for more than six months, and she had not filed any other action or received compensation for her injury. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccines caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision. The court awarded Tarsha White a lump sum of $15,000.00 and an additional $500.56 to satisfy a State of Louisiana Medicaid lien. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a). The court directed that judgment be entered in accordance with this decision.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00471-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-01-08
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/07/2023) regarding 40 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. 21-471V
TARSHA WHITE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 7, 2023
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Renee Ja Gentry, The Law Office of Renee J. Gentry, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
Bridget Corridon, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On January 11, 2021, Tarsha White 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”) resulting from hepatitis B, hepatitis A, and Tdap vaccinations
received on November 8, 2018. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed at December 6, 2023, ¶¶
1-2. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccines was administered within the United States,
her shoulder/arm pain persisted for more than six months, and neither she, nor any other
party, has ever filed any action or received compensation in the form of an award or
settlement for Petitioner’s vaccine-related injury. Petition at 1, 7; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5.
“Respondent denies that [P]etitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the Hep.
A, Hep. B, and Tdap vaccines caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury or
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (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 “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa
(2012).

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condition; and denies that her current condition is a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.”
Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on December 6, 2023, 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:
1. A lump sum of $15,000.00 in the form of a check payable to Petitioner,
Tarsha White.
2. A lump sum payment of $500.56, representing compensation for
satisfaction of a State of Louisiana Medicaid lien for services rendered to
Petitioner by Louisiana Healthcare Connections, in the form of a check
payable jointly to Petitioner and The Rawlings Company, and mailed to:
The Rawlings Company
ATTN: Kevin Lockhart, Reference No.: 122710071
P.O. Box 2000
La Grange, KY 40031-2000
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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