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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00478
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00478
Petitioner: Ranae Baltrush
Filed: 2025-03-14
Decided: 2025-04-14
Vaccine: hepatitis A
Vaccination date: 2022-11-08
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 12634

AI-assisted case summary:
Ranae Baltrush filed a petition on March 14, 2025, alleging that a hepatitis A vaccine administered on November 8, 2022, caused her to suffer a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). She stated the vaccine was given in the United States, that her injury caused residual effects for more than six months, and that she had not received any prior award or settlement for this condition. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Petitioner sustained a Table Injury, denied that the vaccine caused her shoulder injury, and denied that the vaccine caused any other injury or her current condition. Despite the denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on March 11, 2025, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. The award includes a lump sum of $12,500.00 for Petitioner and $133.67 to reimburse a Medicaid lien for services rendered by the State of Missouri. This total compensation of $12,634 is intended to cover all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with this decision.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00478-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-04-14
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/14/2025) regarding 22 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. 24-478V
RANAE BALTRUSH, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: March 14, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bridget Candace McCullough, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Madelyn Weeks, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On March 29, 2024, Ranae Baltrush 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”) caused by a hepatitis A vaccine administered on November 8,
2022. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed at March 11, 2025, ¶¶ 1, 2. Petitioner further alleges
the vaccine was administered within the United States, that she suffered the residual
effects of her injury for more than six months, and that she has not received any prior
award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf as a result of her condition.
Petition at 1, 3-4; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. Respondent denies that Petitioner sustained a
Table Injury, denies that the vaccine caused Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, and
denies that the vaccine caused Petitioner any other injury or Petitioner’s current condition.
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 March 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. A lump sum of $12,500.00 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 $133.67, representing reimbursement of a Medicaid lien
for services rendered to Petitioner by the State of Missouri, in the form
of a check payable to Petitioner and:
Optum
PO Box 182643
Columbus, OH 43218-2643
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.
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