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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00443
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00443
Petitioner: Amy Rose Falzon
Filed: 2025-03-07
Decided: 2026-01-12
Vaccine: tetanus-containing vaccine
Vaccination date: 2024-06-07
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 50000

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 7, 2025, Amy Rose Falzon filed a petition alleging that a tetanus-containing vaccine administered on June 7, 2024 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Respondent denied that Ms. Falzon sustained a Table SIRVA, denied vaccine causation, and denied vaccine-related sequelae. The public stipulation does not describe the first symptom, onset interval, medical visits, imaging, injections, therapy, or remaining limitations.

The parties resolved the case by stipulation. On January 12, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded $50,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account.

Theory of causation field:
Tetanus-containing vaccine June 7, 2024 allegedly causing SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, and sequelae; public stipulation lacks clinical chronology. Award $50,000. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition March 7, 2025; decision January 12, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00443-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-02-12
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/12/2026) regarding 21 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0443V
AMY ROSE FALZON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: January 12, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bradley S. Freedberg, Bradley S. Freedberg, P.C., Denver, CO, for Petitioner.
Naseem Kourosh, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On March 7, 2025, Amy Rose Falzon 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 a tetanus vaccine on June 7, 2024. Petition at 1-2; Stipulation, filed Jan.
12, 2026, ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleged that she received the vaccine within the
United States and suffered the residual effects of the SIRVA for more than six months.
Petition at 1-2; Stipulation ¶¶ 3-4. “Respondent denies that [P]etitioner sustained a SIRVA
Table injury; denies that the vaccine caused [P]etitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any
other injury; and denies that [P]etitioner’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 January 12, 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 $50,000.00, 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.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.
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