VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00374
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00374
Petitioner: Lee Morgan, Jr.
Filed: 2025-03-03
Decided: 2025-12-02
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-11-07
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 3, 2025, Lee Morgan, Jr. filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on November 7, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies him as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding entitlement. The public ruling does not describe onset, medical visits, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations. On December 2, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Mr. Morgan entitled to compensation for Table SIRVA. Damages remain pending.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine November 7, 2023; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement; public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed March 3, 2025; entitlement December 2, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00374-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-06
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/02/2025) regarding 23 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00374-UNJ Document 28 Filed 01/06/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-374V
LEE MORGAN, JR., Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 2, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Ryan Nelson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 3, 2025, Lee Morgan, Jr. (“Petitioner”) 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 he suffered from a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccination
on November 7, 2023. Pet., ECF No. 1. Petitioner further alleges that he suffered the
residual effects of his injury for more than six months. Id. The case was assigned to the
Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On November 25, 2025, 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, ECF No. 22. Specifically, Respondent indicated that “[P]etitioner’s injury is
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 1:25-vv-00374-UNJ Document 28 Filed 01/06/26 Page 2 of 2
consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 5. Respondent does
not dispute that Petitioner “has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under
the Act.” Id.
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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