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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00641
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00641
Petitioner: Melanie Maghirang
Filed: 2024-04-23
Decided: 2025-09-11
Vaccine: human papillomavirus (HPV)
Vaccination date: 2022-07-28
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 12500

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 23, 2024, Melanie Maghirang filed a petition alleging that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination administered on July 28, 2022, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

The Secretary denied that the HPV vaccine caused a Table SIRVA or any other compensable injury. The public stipulation resolving the case does not describe the precise onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or long-term functional effects of the shoulder injury.

On September 11, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the parties' stipulation. Ms. Maghirang was awarded $12,500.00 in a lump sum for all damages available under section 15(a), payable by ACH deposit to counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. She was represented by Diana Lynn Stadelnikas.

Theory of causation field:
HPV vaccine, July 28, 2022, adult exact age not stated, alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied that the HPV vaccine caused a Table SIRVA or any other injury. Public stipulation gives no detailed onset, treatment, imaging, or therapy chronology. Award: $12,500 lump sum by ACH to counsel's IOLTA account. Chief Special Master Corcoran, September 11, 2025. Attorney Diana Lynn Stadelnikas.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00641-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-15
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/11/2025) regarding 28 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-641V
MELANIE MAGHIRANG, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: September 11, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Diana Lynn Stadelnikas, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Sarasota, FL, for Petitioner.
Madylan Louise Yarc, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On April 23, 2024, Melanie Maghirang 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 shoulder injuries related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of a human papilloma virus (“HPV”) vaccine
administered on July 28, 2022. Petition at 1-2; Stipulation, filed at September 3, 2025, ¶¶
1, 2. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered within the United States,
that she sustained an injury within the time period set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table,
that she experienced the residual effects of her condition for more than six months, and
that there has been no award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf as
a result of her injury. Petition at 1-2, 4-5; Stipulation at ¶¶ 1-5. Respondent denies that
Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the vaccine caused Petitioner’s
alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and denies that Petitioner’s 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 September 3, 2025, the parties filed the attached joint
stipulation,3 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 $12,500.00, 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.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 The nintex AssureSign signature pages located at pages 6 and 7 has been omitted from the attached copy of the
stipulation.
4 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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