VICP Registry Case Source Bundle Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01946 Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01946 Petitioner: Alison Cooke Filed: 2021-10-01 Decided: 2023-08-17 Vaccine: influenza Vaccination date: 2020-10-01 Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages Award amount USD: AI-assisted case summary: On October 1, 2021, Alison Cooke filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 1, 2020 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She alleged a Table SIRVA, receipt of the vaccine in the United States, and residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding entitlement. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran entered an entitlement ruling on August 17, 2023. The ruling states that respondent conceded Ms. Cooke was entitled to compensation, but it does not include a detailed medical timeline or damages award. A later CourtListener supplement is present in staging text, but the extracted text is badly garbled and does not provide reliable readable merits facts. The reviewed readable public record supports entitlement but does not show a final compensation amount. Theory of causation field: Influenza vaccine on October 1, 2020, causing Table SIRVA; ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages not shown in readable public record. Respondent conceded entitlement in Rule 4(c) report. Later supplemental OCR in staging text is garbled and was not used for injury-compensation facts. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran, petition filed October 1, 2021; entitlement August 17, 2023. Attorney: Mark Theodore Sadaka, Sadaka Associates, Englewood NJ. Public staged source text: ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01946-0 Date issued/filed: 2023-09-25 Pages: 2 Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 08/17/2023) regarding 34 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (kle) Service on parties made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case 1:21-vv-01946-UNJ Document 37 Filed 09/25/23 Page 1 of 2 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 21-1946V ALISON COOKE, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, Filed: August 17, 2023 v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. Mark Theodore Sadaka, Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC, Englewood, NJ, for Petitioner. Emilie Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 On October 1, 2021, Alison Cooke 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 that she suffered a Table injury – shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), as the result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on October 1, 2020. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges the vaccine was administered within the United States. See Petition at ¶ 2. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters. 1 Because this Ruling 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 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 (2018). Case 1:21-vv-01946-UNJ Document 37 Filed 09/25/23 Page 2 of 2 On August 15, 2023, 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 indicates that DICP [Division of Injury Compensation Programs, Department of Health and Human Services] has reviewed the petition and medical records filed in this case and has concluded that compensation is appropriate. DICP has concluded that petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, petitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or dysfunction of her right shoulder prior to vaccination; pain occurred within 48 hours after receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain was limited to the shoulder in which the vaccine was administered; and no other condition or abnormality has been identified to explain petitioner’s shoulder pain. Id. at 4 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)) . Respondent further agrees that “petitioner suffered the residual effects of her condition for more than six months. Therefore, based on the record as it now stands, petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. at 4-5 (citing § 13(a)(1)(B); 11(c)(1)(D)(i)). 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. 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