In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 17-0683V

Filed: October 15, 2018

UNPUBLISHED

KIMBERLY ROBERTS,

 Petitioner,

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES,

 Respondent.

Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint 

Stipulation on Damages; Influenza 

(Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury 

Related to Vaccine Administration 

(SIRVA)

Shealene Priscilla Wasserman, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.

Althea Walker Davis, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master:

On May 23, 2017, petitioner filed a petition for compensation under the National 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.,

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(the “Vaccine 

Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered left shoulder injuries resulting from adverse 

effects of the influenza vaccine received on December 17, 2015. Petition at 1; 

Stipulation, filed October 15, 2018, at ¶¶ 1-3. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine 

was administered in the United States, that her injuries and sequelae lasted more than

six months, and that she has not received any compensation or filed an action for her 

vaccine-related injury. Petition at 1, 3; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that 

the flu vaccine caused petitioner to suffer a shoulder injury or any other injury or her 

current condition. ” Stipulation at ¶ 6. 

Nevertheless, on October 15, 2018, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation, 

stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned 

 

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the 

undersigned intends to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, in accordance with 

the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of 

Electronic Government Services). 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, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits 

within this definition, the undersigned 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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finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding 

damages, on the terms set forth therein.

Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned

awards the following compensation:

A lump sum of $62,851.78 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 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Id. 

The undersigned approves 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/Nora Beth Dorsey

Nora Beth Dorsey

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.