In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS 

No. 18-1435V 

UNPUBLISHED 

STACI BROADWAY, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, 

 Respondent. 

Chief Special Master Corcoran 

Filed: November 30, 2020 

 

Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint 

Stipulation on Damages; Influenza 

(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury 

Related to Vaccine Administration 

(SIRVA) 

 

Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for 

Petitioner. 

Lisa Ann Watts, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. 

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1

 On September 20, 2018, Staci Broadway 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 (“flu”) vaccine she received to her 

right deltoid on October 31, 2017. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed at November 30, 2020, 

¶¶ 4, 6. Petitioner further alleges that her injury has lasted more than six months. Petition 

at 2; Stipulation at ¶¶ . “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; 

denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner’s alleged SIRVA, or any other injury; and 

further denies that petitioner’s current disabilities are sequelae of a vaccine-related 

injury.” Stipulation at ¶ 6. 

Nevertheless, on November 30, 2020, the parties filed the attached joint 

stipulation, stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the 

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am 

required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the EGovernment Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (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 “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa 

(2012). 
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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 $101,843.62, in the form of a check payable 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 the court is directed 

to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

 s/Brian H. Corcoran 

 Brian H. Corcoran 

 Chief Special Master 

3 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.