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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00167
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00167
Petitioner: Kevin Rowell
Filed: 2024-02-01
Decided: 2025-12-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-27
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 110000

AI-assisted case summary:
On February 1, 2024, Kevin Rowell filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 27, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public stipulation identifies him as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent denied that Mr. Rowell sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused his shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition was vaccine-related. The public text does not describe onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations. On December 11, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded $110,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine October 27, 2022; alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA and causation; public text lacks clinical chronology. Decision December 11, 2025. Award $110,000.00 lump sum. Petition filed February 1, 2024.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00167-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/11/2025) regarding 44 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. 24-0167V
KEVIN ROWELL, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 11, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Mary Novakovic, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On February 1, 2024, Kevin Rowell 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 he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on October 27,
2022. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed December 11, 2025, at ¶¶ 2-4. Petitioner further
alleges that the vaccine was administered in the United States, he suffered the residual
effects of his 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 his condition. Petition at ¶¶ 26-28;
Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA injury;
denies that the vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury;
and denies that his 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 December 11, 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 $110,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement 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.
2

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