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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00588
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00588
Petitioner: Glendina Hammond-Martin
Filed: 2023-04-26
Decided: 2025-10-28
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-05
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 142297.21

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 26, 2023, Glendina Hammond-Martin filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 5, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public decision identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not state her exact age.

Ms. Hammond-Martin argued that she had established a Table SIRVA and sought $160,000.00 for actual pain and suffering, $1,000.00 per year for future pain and suffering, $1,874.72 in past unreimbursable expenses, and $1,077.49 for a Georgia Medicaid lien. Respondent disputed the Table elements, especially whether onset occurred within 48 hours of vaccination. If entitlement were found, respondent recommended $50,000.00 for pain and suffering, no future pain and suffering, and $1,182.36 in expenses, while accepting the Medicaid lien.

Chief Special Master Corcoran issued an oral ruling granting entitlement, finding that Ms. Hammond-Martin established the Table SIRVA requirements including onset within 48 hours. On October 28, 2025, he awarded $142,297.21 total: $140,000.00 for actual pain and suffering, $1,219.72 in past unreimbursable expenses, and $1,077.49 to satisfy the Georgia Medicaid lien. He awarded no future pain and suffering and found some more recent care was not reasonably established as attributable to the SIRVA.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine October 5, 2022; SIRVA. COMPENSATED after contested entitlement/damages. Petitioner sought $160,000 pain/suffering, future pain/suffering, $1,874.72 expenses, and $1,077.49 Georgia Medicaid lien; respondent disputed onset within 48 hours and recommended $50,000 pain/suffering plus lower expenses. CSM Corcoran found Table SIRVA and awarded $142,297.21 ($140,000 pain/suffering + $1,219.72 expenses + $1,077.49 GA Medicaid lien) on October 28, 2025. Petition filed April 26, 2023.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00588-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-02
Pages: 3
Docket text: Service on parties made.PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/28/2025) regarding 46 Ruling on Entitlement, DECISION of Special Master, Order on Motion for Ruling on the Record ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj)
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Case 1:23-vv-00588-UNJ Document 53 Filed 12/02/25 Page 1 of 3
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 23-0588V
GLENDINA HAMMOND-MARTIN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: October 28, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jimmy A. Zgheib, Zgheib Sayad, P.C., White Plains, NY, for Petitioner.
Mark Kim Hellie, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT AND DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On April 26, 2023, Glendina Hammond-Martin 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 alleged that she suffered a Table injury – shoulder injury
related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) - as the result of influenza (“flu”) vaccine
received on October 5, 2022. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters. Because entitlement was contested, the
parties filed briefs addressing whether Petitioner has established a Table case, and
setting forth their respective arguments on damages should I find entitlement in favor of
Petitioner. ECF Nos. 36, 38, 40. The parties were subsequently notified that I would resolve
this dispute via an expedited “Motions Day” hearing, which took place on October 24, 2025.
1 Because this Ruling and 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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Petitioner argues she has established a Table claim for SIRVA pursuant to 42
C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a)(XIV)(B) and 100.3(c)(10) and seeks an award of $160,000.00 in
compensation for Petitioner’s actual pain and suffering, $1,000 per year for future pain and
suffering, $1,874.72 in past unreimbursable expenses, plus $1,077.49 for reimbursement of a
Medicaid lien. ECF Nos. 36, 40. Respondent disputes that the Table elements have been
met, arguing that Petitioner has failed to establish that the onset of her injury occurred within
48 hours of vaccination pursuant C.F.R. § 100.3(c)(10)(ii). ECF Nos. 32, 38. Otherwise, if I
find that Petitioner has established a Table case, Respondent recommends an award of
$50,000.00 for actual pain and suffering, no future pain and suffering component, and
$1,182.36 in past unreimbursable expenses (but accepts the Medicaid lien calculation).
ECF No. 38.
After considering the arguments of both sides, I issued an oral ruling on entitlement
and damages constituting my findings of fact and conclusions of law, pursuant to Section
12(d)(3)(A). An official recording of the proceeding was taken by a court reporter, although
a transcript has not yet been filed in this matter. I hereby fully adopt and incorporate that
oral ruling as officially recorded. In another recent decision I discussed at length the legal
standards to be considered in determining entitlement and damages and prior SIRVA
compensation within SPU. I incorporate herein my prior discussion in Sections III (A) and
IV (A) and (B) of Timberlake v. Sec'y of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 20-1905V, 2025 WL
721730 at *1–3 (Fed. Cl. Spec. Mstr. Feb. 19, 2025) to the instant Ruling and Decision.
Additionally, the official recording of my oral ruling includes my discussion of various
comparable cases as well as specific facts relating to Petitioner’s medical history and
experience that further informed my resolution of this matter.
Based on my review of the complete record as a whole and for the reasons
discussed in my oral ruling, pursuant to Section 12(d)(3)(A) of the Vaccine Act I find that
Petitioner has established that the onset of her shoulder injury occurred within 48 hours
of the subject vaccination, and that all other SIRVA Table requirements are met (see 42
C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a)(XIV)(B), 100.3(c)(10)). Additionally, Petitioner has established the
other claim requirements listed in Section 11(c), i.e., receipt of a covered vaccine, etc. See
generally § 11(c)(1)(A)(B)(E).
I therefore find that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case, and that
$140,000.00 represents a fair and appropriate amount of damages for Petitioner’s actual
pain and suffering,3 $1,219.72 in past unreimbursable expenses (based upon the finding
that some of Petitioner’s more recent care was not reasonably established to be
attributable to her SIRVA), and $1,077.49 for reimbursement of the Medicaid lien in this
matter. I award no future pain and suffering component, however.
3 Since this amount is being awarded for actual, rather than projected, pain and suffering, no reduction to
net present value is required. See Section 15(f)(4)(A); Childers v. Sec’y of Health & Hum. Servs., No. 96-
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Accordingly, I award Petitioner the following:
1. A lump sum payment of $141,219.72, representing actual pain and
suffering and past unreimbursable expenses, to be paid through an
ACH deposit to Petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt
disbursement; and
2. A lump sum payment of $1,077.49, representing compensation for
satisfaction of the State of Georgia Medicaid lien, in the form of a
check payable jointly to Petitioner and:
Georgia Department of Community Health
100 Crescent Centre Pkwy Suite 1000
Tucker, GA 30084
This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be
available under Section 15(a).
The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this Decision.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
0194V, 1999 WL 159844, at *1 (Fed. Cl. Spec. Mstr. Mar. 5, 1999) (citing Youngblood v. Sec’y of Health &
Hum. Servs., 32 F.3d 552 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).
4 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.
3