{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299-0","petitioner_identifier":"Evelyn Castle","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2020-08-28","condition_raw":"left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":7500,"decision_date":"2025-09-23","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal37","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 20:49:31","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on or about August 28, 2020, adult inferred, alleged left SIRVA with residual effects longer than six months. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied left shoulder vaccine injury, other injury, and current condition. Public stipulation provides no onset, treatment, imaging, expert, or mechanism details beyond SIRVA. Award: $7,500 lump sum by ACH to counsel IOLTA. Chief Special Master Corcoran September 23, 2025. Attorney Jonathan Joseph Svitak; respondent Austin Joel Egan.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2022-03-16","case_summary":"On March 16, 2022, Evelyn Castle filed a petition seeking compensation after an influenza vaccination administered on or about August 28, 2020. She alleged a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration and residual effects lasting more than six months.\n\nRespondent denied that Ms. Castle suffered a left shoulder injury from the flu vaccine and denied that the vaccine caused any other injury or current condition. The public decision is a brief stipulation decision and does not describe the first symptom, onset interval, medical visits, imaging, treatment, or functional impact.\n\nOn September 23, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the parties' stipulation. Ms. Castle was awarded $7,500.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account for all Vaccine Act damages. She was represented by Jonathan Joseph Svitak of Shannon Law Group, P.C.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Evelyn Castle","petitioner_attorney_name":"Jonathan Joseph Svitak","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Shannon Law Group, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"Woodridge, IL","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:24","attorney_canonical_keys":"|jonathan-svitak|","firm_canonical_key":"shannon-law-group","package_title":"CASTLE v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299-0","title":"CASTLE v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/23/2025) regarding 48 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-10-23","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":3618597,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00299-1","title":"CASTLE v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/03/2025) regarding 55 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-01-05","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}