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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01572
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01572
Petitioner: Jessica Johnson
Filed: 2025-09-22
Decided: 2026-05-18
Vaccine: influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia
Vaccination date: 2024-11-03
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Jessica Johnson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 22, 2025. She alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia vaccinations on November 3, 2024. Petitioner stated that she received the vaccines in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had not filed any other civil action or received compensation for her alleged SIRVA. Respondent conceded that Petitioner is entitled to compensation, believing she satisfied all requirements under the Act based on the record. Chief Special Master Corcoran found that Petitioner is entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01572-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-18
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/18/2026 ) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01572-UNJ Document 29 Filed 06/18/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1572V
JESSICA JOHNSON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 18, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Chellis Garcia, Mctlaw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
Kristen Bonjour, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 22, 2025, Jessica Johnson 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 shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, or in the alternative caused-in-fact injury,
after receiving “influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia vaccinations”3 on November 3,
2024. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 23-24. Petitioner also alleges that she received the vaccine within
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).
3 Petitioner received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine – Prevnar 20 which is manufactured by Pfister.
Ex. 1 at 3 (Vaccine Record); see https://www.prevnar20.com (last visited May 18, 2026). Pneumococcal
conjugate vaccines are covered by the Vaccine Program. See 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a)(XII) (2017).

Case 1:25-vv-01572-UNJ Document 29 Filed 06/18/26 Page 2 of 2
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 alleged SIRVA. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 22, 25-26. The case was assigned to
the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
Respondent concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case.
Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1. Respondent believes that “based on the current
record, [P]etitioner has satisfied all requirements for compensation under the Act.” Id. at
4.
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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