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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00184
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00184
Petitioner: Wendy Tully
Filed: 2025-01-30
Decided: 2026-04-09
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-18
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 43864

AI-assisted case summary:
Wendy Tully filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 30, 2025, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on October 18, 2023. She stated the vaccine was administered in the United States, she experienced residual effects for more than six months, and had no prior award or settlement for this injury. Respondent denied that Ms. Tully sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on April 9, 2026, agreeing to an award of compensation. Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding Ms. Tully a lump sum of $43,864.28 for all items of damages available under Section 15(a). The award was to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00184-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-05-12
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/09/2026) regarding 23 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. 25-0184V
WENDY TULLY, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 9, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Joseph Douglas Leavitt, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On January 30, 2025, Wendy Tully 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”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on October 18,
2023. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed April 9, 2026, at ¶¶ 2-4. Petitioner further alleges the
vaccine was administered in the United States, she experienced residual effects of her
injury for more than six months, and there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil
action for damages as a result of her alleged injury. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 6, 7; Stipulation at
¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury and denies
that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, or any other 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 April 9, 2026, 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 lump sum of $43,864.28, 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.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.
2

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