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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00454
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00454
Petitioner: Courtney M. Ritter
Filed: 2025-03-11
Decided: 2025-10-31
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-01-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 11, 2025, Courtney M. Ritter filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on January 30, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not provide her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed October 30, 2025. The concession stated that Ms. Ritter had a compensable SIRVA under the Vaccine Injury Table and also preserved, in the alternative, a causation-in-fact theory. The short public entitlement ruling does not describe the first symptom, treatment course, imaging, injections, therapy, or residual limitations.

On October 31, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Ritter entitled to compensation. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine January 30, 2023; SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded entitlement in Rule 4(c) report filed October 30, 2025. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. CSM Corcoran October 31, 2025. Petition filed March 11, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00454-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-03
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/31/2025) regarding 18 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00454-UNJ Document 23 Filed 12/03/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0454V
COURTNEY M. RITTER,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: October 31, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
JohnDavid Torren, Menzer Law Firm, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Benjamin Rex Eisenberg, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 11, 2025, Courtney M. Ritter 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 she suffered a shoulder injury related
to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, or in the alternative a caused-
in-fact injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on January 30, 2023. Petition at
1, ¶¶ 2, 17-18. 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
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-00454-UNJ Document 23 Filed 12/03/25 Page 2 of 2
her SIRVA, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 13-15. The case was assigned to the
Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 30, 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. Specifically, Respondent has concluded “that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent
with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 5-6. 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 6.
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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