VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00588
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00588
Petitioner: Lorrie O'Brien
Filed: 2025-02-03
Decided: 2025-10-23
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-11-10
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On February 3, 2025, Lorrie O'Brien filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on November 10, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not state her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that Ms. O'Brien established a compensable SIRVA. The public ruling is brief and does not describe the first symptom, treatment history, imaging, injections, therapy, or residual limitations.

On October 23, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. O'Brien entitled to compensation. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine November 10, 2022; SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded entitlement. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. CSM Corcoran October 23, 2025. Petition filed February 3, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00588-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-01
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/23/2025) regarding 22 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00588-UNJ Document 26 Filed 12/01/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0588V
LORRIE O’BRIEN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: October 23, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Amy A. Senerth, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
James Connor Daughton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 3, 2025, Lorrie O’Brien filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, 42 C.F.R. § 100.3, as
the result of an influenza vaccination received on November 10, 2022. Petition at 1. The
case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 22, 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 agrees that Petitioner’s claim meets the Table criteria for
SIRVA. Id. at 6 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that
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-00588-UNJ Document 26 Filed 12/01/25 Page 2 of 2
Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id.
(citing Section 13(a)(1)(B); Section 11(c)(1)(D)(i)).
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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