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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01603
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01603
Petitioner: Carol McNulty
Filed: 2023-09-15
Decided: 2025-11-04
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2021-09-16
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20000

AI-assisted case summary:
On September 15, 2023, Carol McNulty filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on September 16, 2021 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public stipulation identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not provide her exact age.

Respondent denied that Ms. McNulty sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine-related sequela. The public text does not describe the first symptom, treatment course, imaging, therapy, injections, or residual limitations.

The parties resolved the claim by joint stipulation. On November 4, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran awarded Ms. McNulty $20,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine September 16, 2021; alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table injury, causation, and sequelae. Public stipulation lacks clinical chronology. Award $20,000.00 lump sum. CSM Corcoran November 4, 2025. Petition filed September 15, 2023. Attorney Jeffrey S. Pop.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01603-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-05
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/04/2025) regarding 25 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. 23-1603V
CAROL MCNULTY, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: November 4, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
Ryan Nelson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On September 15, 2023, Carol McNulty filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). On September 16, 2021, Petitioner received an influenza (“flu”) vaccine,
a vaccine contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a).
Petitioner alleges that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
(“SIRVA”) as defined in the Table; she further alleges that the flu vaccine caused her
alleged shoulder injury, and that she suffered the residual effects of her alleged injury for
more than six months.
Respondent denies Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the
vaccine caused Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and further denies
that Petitioner’s current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.
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 November 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 lump sum of $20,000.00 to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. Stipulation
¶ 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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