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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01575
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01575
Petitioner: Susan Leggett-Johnson
Filed: 2025-08-06
Decided: 2025-09-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2020-09-14
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 10000

AI-assisted case summary:
Susan Leggett-Johnson filed a petition on August 6, 2025, alleging that an influenza vaccination she received on September 14, 2020, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). Petitioner alleged this was a Table injury and that she suffered residual effects for more than six months. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury, and denied that the flu vaccine significantly aggravated her alleged injury, and denied that Petitioner's current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite the denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation on August 5, 2025. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Susan Leggett-Johnson was awarded a lump sum of $10,000.00 for all items of damages. This award was to be paid through an ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. The decision was issued on September 12, 2025. Petitioner was represented by Jonathan Joseph Svitak of Shannon Law Group, P.C., and Respondent was represented by Camille Jordan Webster of the U.S. Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Susan Leggett-Johnson alleged a Table injury, specifically shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), resulting from her September 14, 2020 influenza vaccination. Petitioner claimed residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent denied the SIRVA Table injury, causation, aggravation, or sequela. The parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding a $10,000.00 lump sum for all damages. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or the basis for the stipulation beyond the parties' agreement. Attorneys for Petitioner were Jonathan Joseph Svitak and for Respondent was Camille Jordan Webster. The decision was issued on September 12, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01575-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-09-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/06/2025) regarding 41 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 22-1575V
SUSAN LEGGETT-JOHNSON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: August 6, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jonathan Joseph Svitak, Shannon Law Group, P.C., Woodridge, IL, for Petitioner.
Camille Jordan Webster, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On October 21, 2022, Susan Leggett-Johnson 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 Table injury - shoulder injury
related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of the administration of her
September 14, 2020 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed August 5,
2025, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccine in the United
States, that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months, and
that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action on her behalf as a result
of her injury. Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5; see Petition at ¶¶ 5, 26, 29-30. “Respondent denies
that [P]etitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the flu vaccine caused her
alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; denies that the flu vaccine significantly
aggravated her alleged injury; and denies that [P]etitioner's current condition is a sequela
of a vaccine-related injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
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 section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2018).

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Nevertheless, on August 5, 2025, 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:
A lump sum of $10,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. 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.
2

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