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Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00298
Petitioner: Lorna Munson
Filed: 2024-02-26
Decided: 2025-06-03
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-09-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 65569.58

AI-assisted case summary:
On February 26, 2024, Lorna Munson filed a petition alleging SIRVA after an influenza vaccination on September 30, 2022. Respondent conceded entitlement in a December 16, 2024 Rule 4(c) report, agreeing that the injury was consistent with the Vaccine Injury Table definition of SIRVA and that the statutory requirements were met. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement on December 19, 2024.

The damages record is a proffer record and does not provide a detailed public treatment chronology. Respondent proffered $65,569.58, representing $65,000.00 for pain and suffering and $569.58 for past unreimbursable expenses. Ms. Munson agreed, and on June 3, 2025, the Special Master awarded the full amount as a lump sum through counsel.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine September 30, 2022; Table SIRVA. COMPENSATED. Respondent conceded entitlement; public text lacks detailed clinical chronology. Entitlement December 19, 2024; damages June 3, 2025. Award $65,569.58 = $65,000.00 pain/suffering + $569.58 expenses. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran. Petition filed February 26, 2024.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00298-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-01-27
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/19/2024) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (kle) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00298-UNJ Document 19 Filed 01/27/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-0298V
LORNA MUNSON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 19, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Mitchell Jones, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 26, 2024, Lorna Munson 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 shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on September 30, 2022. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 13. Petitioner further alleges that she
received the vaccine within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her
SIRVA injury for more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed
a civil action or received compensation for her SIRVA. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 9-11. The case was
assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
1 Because this Ruling 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 Ruling 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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On December 16, 2024, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he
concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c)
Report at 1. Specifically, Respondent “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is
consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4. Respondent
further agrees that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal
prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00298-1
Date issued/filed: 2025-07-08
Pages: 5
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/03/2025) regarding 25 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00298-UNJ Document 29 Filed 07/08/25 Page 1 of 5
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-0298V
LORNA MUNSON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: June 3, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Mitchell Jones, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On February 26, 2024, Lorna Munson 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 shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on September 30, 2022. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 13. The case was assigned to the
Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On December 19, 2024, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding Petitioner
entitled to compensation for her SIRVA. On June 3, 2025, Respondent filed a proffer on
award of compensation (“Proffer”) indicating Petitioner should be awarded $65,569.58,
representing $65,000.00 for pain and suffering and $569.58 for past unreimbursable
expenses. Proffer at 1-2. In the Proffer, Respondent represented that Petitioner agrees
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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with the proffered award. Id. Based on the record as a whole, I find that Petitioner is
entitled to an award as stated in the Proffer.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Proffer, I award Petitioner a lump
sum payment of $65,569.58, representing $65,000.00 for pain and suffering and
$569.58 for actual unreimbursable expenses, to be paid through an ACH deposit to
Petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. 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.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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Case 1:24-vv-00298-UNJ Document 29 Filed 07/08/25 Page 3 of 5
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
)
LORNA MUNSON, )
)
Petitioner, )
) No. 24-298V
v. ) Chief Special Master Corcoran
) ECF
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN )
SERVICES, )
)
Respondent. )
)
RESPONDENT’S PROFFER ON AWARD OF COMPENSATION
On February 26, 2024, Lorna Munson (“petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34
(“Vaccine Act” or “Act”), alleging that she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
Administration (“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, following administration of
an influenza vaccine she received on September 30, 2022. Petition at 1. On December 16, 2024,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“respondent”) filed a Rule 4(c) Report indicating
that this case is appropriate for compensation under the terms of the Act for a Table injury for
SIRVA after a flu vaccination, and on December 19, 2025, the Chief Special Master issued a
Ruling on Entitlement finding petitioner entitled to compensation. ECF No. 15; ECF No. 16.
I. Items of Compensation
A. Pain and Suffering
Respondent proffers that petitioner should be awarded $65,000.00 in pain and suffering.
See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4). Petitioner agrees.

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B. Past Unreimbursable Expenses
Evidence supplied by petitioner documents that she incurred past unreimbursable
expenses related to her vaccine-related injury. Respondent proffers that petitioner should be
awarded past unreimbursable expenses in the amount of $569.58. See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
15(a)(1)(B). Petitioner agrees.
II. Form of the Award and Recommended Payments Following Judgment
Petitioner is a competent adult. Evidence of guardianship is not required in this case.
Respondent recommends that the compensation provided to petitioner should be made through a
lump sum payment as described below and requests that the Chief Special Master’s decision and
the Court’s judgment award the following:1
a lump sum payment of $65,569.58 (combination of pain and suffering ($65,000)
and past unreimbursed expenses ($569.68)), to be paid through an ACH deposit to
petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to petitioner.
These amounts represent all elements of compensation to which petitioner is entitled
under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Petitioner agrees.
Respectfully submitted,
YAAKOV M. ROTH
Acting Assistant Attorney General
C. SALVATORE D’ALESSIO
Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
HEATHER L. PEARLMAN
Deputy Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
1 Should petitioner die prior to entry of judgment, the parties reserve the right to move the Court
for appropriate relief. In particular, respondent would oppose any award for future lost earnings
and future pain and suffering.
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Case 1:24-vv-00298-UNJ Document 29 Filed 07/08/25 Page 5 of 5
LARA A. ENGLUND
Assistant Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
/s/ Mitchell Jones
MITCHEL JONES
Trial Attorney
Torts Branch, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 146
Benjamin Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0146
Tel: (202) 305-1748
mitchell.jones@usdoj.gov
DATED: June 3, 2025
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