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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01942
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01942
Petitioner: Mary Jo Tracy
Filed: 2024-11-21
Decided: 2026-06-02
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-11-15
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Mary Jo Tracy filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 21, 2024. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 15, 2023. Petitioner stated that she received the vaccine in the United States, that her SIRVA had residual effects for more than six months, and that no civil action had been filed or compensation received for her injury. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report on April 28, 2026. In this report, the respondent conceded that the petitioner's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that she satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Corcoran found that Mary Jo Tracy is entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01942-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-02
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/29/2026) regarding 29 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-01942-UNJ Document 35 Filed 06/02/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-1942V
MARY JO TRACY,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: April 29, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Christopher Williams, Siri & Glimstad, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Michael Bliley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On November 21, 2024, Mary Jo Tracy 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, or in the alternative caused-in-fact injury,
after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on November 15, 2023. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 13-
14. Petitioner also alleged that she received the vaccine within the United States, that she
suffered the residual effects of her SIRVA for more than six months, and that neither she
nor any other party has filed a civil action or received compensation for her SIRVA,
alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 13, 15. 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).

Case 1:24-vv-01942-UNJ Document 35 Filed 06/02/26 Page 2 of 2
On April 28, 2026, 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 3-4. 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. at 5.
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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