{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-0","petitioner_identifier":"Laurie Ryan","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2020-11-02","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":40000,"decision_date":"2025-10-20","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal11","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 03:44:19","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":0,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine November 2, 2020 causing SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated; estate substituted after death from reportedly unrelated natural causes. COMPENSATED after ruling. Evidence included shoulder pain/ROM limits, unremarkable ultrasound, MRI partial-thickness supraspinatus tear/tendinosis/bursitis, work impact as CNA, and treatment gap explained by relocation/finances. Award $40,000 pain/suffering. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition November 23, 2022; decision October 20, 2025.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2022-11-23","case_summary":"On November 23, 2022, Laurie Ryan filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on November 2, 2020 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. After Ms. Ryan later died from reportedly unrelated natural causes, Carole Thero was substituted as representative of her estate.\n\nThe record showed left shoulder pain and limited range of motion after vaccination. An ultrasound was initially unremarkable, but an MRI showed a partial-thickness supraspinatus tear, tendinosis, bursitis, and other shoulder findings. Ms. Ryan described pain that interfered with her work as a certified nursing assistant. A treatment gap followed after relocation and financial constraints, and she later saw an orthopedist about nine and a half months after vaccination.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found that Ms. Ryan met the Table SIRVA requirements, including likely onset within 48 hours and residual effects lasting more than six months. On October 20, 2025, he awarded $40,000.00 for pain and suffering.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Laurie Ryan","petitioner_attorney_name":"John Robert Howie","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Howie Law, PC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Dallas, TX","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:22","attorney_canonical_keys":"|john-howie|","firm_canonical_key":"howie-law","package_title":"THERO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-0","title":"THERO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/20/2025) regarding 33 Ruling on Entitlement, PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/20/2025) regarding 33 DECISION of Special Master. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-12-04","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":327146,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-cl-extra-11267040","title":"Thero v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","docket_text":"Supplementary opinion from CourtListener cluster 10800364","date_issued":"2026-02-23","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"CL supplement: Thero v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-01734-cl-extra-11267040"}]}