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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00636
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00636
Petitioner: Delores Michelle Hannan
Filed: 2025-04-14
Decided: 2026-02-20
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-12-04
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20000

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 14, 2025, Delores Michelle Hannan filed a petition seeking compensation for a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 4, 2023.

Respondent denied that Ms. Hannan had established a Table SIRVA, denied vaccine causation, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The public stipulation is brief and does not describe the first onset of shoulder pain, the vaccine site, medical examinations, imaging, injections, therapy, or day-to-day limits.

The parties filed a joint stipulation on February 17, 2026. On February 20, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the Court's decision and awarded Ms. Hannan a lump sum of $20,000.00 for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. Payment was directed through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. Ms. Hannan was represented by Daniel Alholm of Alholm Law PC.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine on December 4, 2023 causing SIRVA; adult self-filed petitioner, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, vaccine causation, and vaccine-related sequelae; public stipulation lacks onset/treatment/imaging detail. Award $20,000 lump sum. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition April 14, 2025; decision February 20, 2026. Attorney Daniel Alholm, Alholm Law PC.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00636-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-03-25
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/20/2026) regarding 26 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. 25-636V
DELORES MICHELLE HANNAN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: February 20, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Daniel Alholm, Alholm Law PC, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.
Eleanor Hanson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On April 14, 2025, Delores Michelle Hannan, 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 injury - shoulder injury
related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of the administration of her
December 4, 2023, influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed February
17, 2026, at ¶¶ 1-2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccine 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. Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5; see Petition at ¶¶ 2, 11-13. “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 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).

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Nevertheless, on February 17, 2026, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,3
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 $20,000.00, 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.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 The “eSignature Details” form at page six of the parties’ Stipulation has been omitted from the attached
copy of the Stipulation.
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.
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