{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541-0","petitioner_identifier":"Sarah Schara","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap)","vaccination_date":"2022-04-20","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":15000,"decision_date":"2026-01-14","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal14","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 04:15:11","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Tdap vaccine April 20, 2022 allegedly causing SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, and sequelae; public stipulation lacks clinical chronology. Award $15,000. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition April 9, 2024; decision January 14, 2026.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-04-09","case_summary":"On April 9, 2024, Sarah Schara filed a petition alleging that a Tdap vaccine administered on April 20, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.\n\nRespondent denied that Ms. Schara sustained a Table SIRVA, denied vaccine causation, and denied vaccine-related sequelae. The public stipulation does not describe the first symptom, onset interval, treatment visits, imaging, therapy, injections, or residual limitations.\n\nThe parties resolved the case by stipulation. On January 14, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded $15,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Sarah Schara","petitioner_attorney_name":"Jonathan Joseph Svitak","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Shannon Law Group, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"Woodridge, IL","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:16","attorney_canonical_keys":"|jonathan-svitak|","firm_canonical_key":"shannon-law-group","package_title":"SCHARA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541-0","title":"SCHARA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/14/2026) regarding 25 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-02-17","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":1732342,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00541-0"}]}