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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00010
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00010
Petitioner: Sherill Williams
Filed: 2023-03-13
Decided: 2024-04-17
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-03-08
Condition: left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 35000

AI-assisted case summary:
Sherill Williams filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on March 8, 2022. She further alleged that the vaccine was administered in the United States, she experienced the residual effects of this injury for more than six months, and there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages as a result of her injury. Respondent denied that Ms. Williams sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Nevertheless, on March 13, 2024, the parties filed a joint stipulation stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision awarding damages. Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, Ms. Williams was awarded a lump sum of $35,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages that would be available under Section 15(a).

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00010-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-04-17
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/13/2024) regarding 33 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. 23-0010V
SHERILL WILLIAMS, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: March 13, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jimmy A. Zgheib, Zgheib Sayad, P.C., White Plains, NY, for Petitioner.
Joseph Douglas Leavitt, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On January 4, 2023, Sherill Williams 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 left shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on March 8, 2022.
Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed March 13, 2024, at ¶¶ 2-4. Petitioner further alleges that
the vaccine was administered in the United States, she experienced the residual effects
of this injury for more than six months, and there has been no prior award or settlement
of a civil action for damages as a result of her injury. Petition at ¶¶ 4, 22-24; Stipulation
at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that
the vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and denies
that her 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 March 13, 2024, 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 $35,000.00 in the form of a check payable 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.
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