VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-02154
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-02154
Petitioner: JULIE JOHNSON
Filed: 2025-12-23
Decided: 2026-07-16
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-10-28
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Julie Johnson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 23, 2025, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 28, 2024. She stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she suffered residual effects for more than six months, and that there had been no prior award or settlement. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on July 15, 2026, conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent concluded that Petitioner's injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that she had satisfied all requirements for compensation. Based on Respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Petitioner 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-02154-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-08-25
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/16/2026) regarding 15 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-02154-UNJ Document 23 Filed 08/25/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-2154V
JULIE JOHNSON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: July 16, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Daniel Alholm, Alholm Law PC, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.
Mary Eileen Holmes, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On December 23, 2025, Julie 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”) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 28,
2024. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered within the
United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months,
and that there has been no award or settlement on her behalf as a result of her injury.
Petition at 1, 3. 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-02154-UNJ Document 23 Filed 08/25/26 Page 2 of 2
On July 15, 2026, 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 Petitioner’s injury is consistent with a SIRVA
as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner
has satisfied all requirements for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 4-5.
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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