{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830-0","petitioner_identifier":"Melissa Ward","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2022-10-25","condition_raw":"left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":83125,"decision_date":"2025-09-25","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal37","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 20:49:31","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine, October 25, 2022, adult inferred, alleged left SIRVA with residual effects longer than six months. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied SIRVA, flu causation, other injury, and sequelae. Public stipulation gives no clinical onset, treatment, imaging, or expert details. Award: $83,125 lump sum by ACH to counsel IOLTA. Chief Special Master Corcoran September 25, 2025. Attorney Jeffrey S. Pop; respondent Joseph Douglas Leavitt.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-05-29","case_summary":"On May 29, 2024, Melissa Ward filed a petition seeking compensation for a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after an influenza vaccination on October 25, 2022. She alleged residual effects lasting more than six months.\n\nRespondent denied that Ms. Ward sustained a SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was vaccine related. The public decision is a stipulation decision and does not provide her symptom onset, treatment history, imaging, therapy, or functional limitations.\n\nOn September 25, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the parties' joint stipulation. Ms. Ward received a lump sum of $83,125.00, paid through counsel's IOLTA account, representing all damages available under the Vaccine Act. She was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Melissa Ward","petitioner_attorney_name":"Jeffrey S. Pop","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates","petitioner_attorney_location":"Beverly Hills, CA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:24","attorney_canonical_keys":"|jeffrey-pop|","firm_canonical_key":"jeffrey-s-pop-and-associates","package_title":"WARD v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830-0","title":"WARD v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/25/2025) regarding 25 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-10-28","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":2364851,"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-00830/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00830-1","title":"WARD v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/06/2026) regarding 32 DECISION of Special Master - Fees, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-04-06","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}