VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00898
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00898
Petitioner: Shari Smith-Jackson
Filed: 2025-05-27
Decided: 2025-12-18
Vaccine: human papillomavirus
Vaccination date: 2024-04-29
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 27, 2025, Shari Smith-Jackson filed a petition alleging that a human papillomavirus vaccine administered on April 29, 2024 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies her as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement on December 18, 2025, agreeing that the alleged injury was consistent with Table SIRVA and that all legal prerequisites for compensation were met. Chief Special Master Corcoran granted entitlement that day. The public text does not describe onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or daily-life limitations. Damages remained pending in the public text reviewed for this update.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; HPV vaccine April 29, 2024; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement; public text lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed May 27, 2025; entitlement December 18, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00898-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-20
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/18/2025 ) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00898-UNJ Document 18 Filed 01/20/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0898V
SHARI SMITH-JACKSON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 18, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Camille Jordan Webster, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 27, 2025, Shari Smith-Jackson 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, after receiving a human papillomavirus
vaccine on April 29, 2024. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 20. 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 her SIRVA, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 16-18.
The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
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-00898-UNJ Document 18 Filed 01/20/26 Page 2 of 2
On December 18, 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 4. 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.
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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