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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01562
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01562
Petitioner: Fadia Louala
Filed: 2023-09-12
Decided: 2025-07-16
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2022-10-17
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 81423

AI-assisted case summary:
Fadia Louala filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a Table injury, specifically shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), as a result of her Tdap vaccination on October 17, 2022. She stated that she received the vaccination in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had no prior award or settlement for her injury. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that a vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 4, 2025, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision. Pursuant to the stipulation, Fadia Louala was awarded a lump sum of $75,000.00 for all items of damages, plus $6,423.53 to reimburse a Medicaid lien for services rendered by the State of Arizona. The total award was $81,423.53.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01562-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-07-16
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/05/2025) regarding 40 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. 23-1562V
FADIA LOUALA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: June 5, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Alison Haskins, Siri & Glimstad, LLP, Aventura, FL, for Petitioner.
James Vincent Lopez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On September 12, 2023, Fadia Louala 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 her October 17, 2022 tetanus,
diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccination. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed
June 4, 2025, ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received her vaccination 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 ¶¶ 2, 17-18. “Respondent denies
that [P]etitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that a vaccine caused
[P]etitioner'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 June 4, 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. A lump sum of $75,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to
Petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to
Petitioner; and
b. A lump sum of $6,423.53, which amount represents reimbursement of
a Medicaid lien for services rendered on behalf of Petitioner by the
State of Arizona, in the form of a check payable jointly to Petitioner
and
Optum
PO Box, 182643
Columbus. OH 43218
Tax ID: 41-1858498
Petitioner agrees to endorse this check to Optum.
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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