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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01613
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01613
Petitioner: Kathleen Dalton
Filed: 2025-09-29
Decided: 2026-05-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-10-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Kathleen Dalton filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 9, 2024. She stated that she received the vaccine in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had not filed a civil action or received compensation for the injury. Respondent conceded that Petitioner is entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA and that she satisfied all legal prerequisites. Chief Special Master Corcoran found Petitioner entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01613-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-08
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/08/2026) regarding 17 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01613-UNJ Document 20 Filed 06/08/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1613V
KATHLEEN DALTON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 8, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Kimberly Shubert Davey, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 29, 2025, Kathleen Dalton 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, after receiving an influenza vaccine on
October 9, 2024. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 14. Petitioner also alleges 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
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-01613-UNJ Document 20 Filed 06/08/26 Page 2 of 2
received compensation for her alleged SIRVA. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 10-12. 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 “recommends that [P]etitioner be found
entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA . . . [and] [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal
prerequisites 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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