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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00631
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00631
Petitioner: Mariam Sarkar
Filed: 2025-04-11
Decided: 2026-06-18
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-10
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 100000

AI-assisted case summary:
Mariam Sarkar filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a Table shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an October 10, 2023 influenza vaccination. She stated that she received the vaccination in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had no prior award or settlement for her injury. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her alleged injury. The parties filed a joint stipulation on June 18, 2026, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. Petitioner was awarded a lump sum of $100,000.00 for all items of damages.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00631-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/18/2026) regarding 24 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00631-UNJ Document 28 Filed 07/24/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-631V
MARIAM SARKAR, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: June 18, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Felicia Langel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On April 11, 2025, Mariam Sarkar 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 Table shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an October 10, 2023 influenza (“flu”)
vaccination. See Petition at ¶¶ 1, 21; Stipulation at ¶¶ 2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that
she received her vaccination in the United States, that she suffered the residual effects
of her injury for more than six months, and that there has been no prior award or
settlement of a civil action on her behalf as a result of her injury. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 17-19;
Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that [P]etitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury;
denies that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury or
condition; and denies that her 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).

Case 1:25-vv-00631-UNJ Document 28 Filed 07/24/26 Page 2 of 2
Nevertheless, on June 18, 2026, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation.3 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 $100,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner.
Id. 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.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 The final two pages of the Stipulation, an e-signature verification and certificate of service, have been
removed.
4 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