In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS 

No. 170830V 

 Filed: July 5, 2019 

UNPUBLISHED 

DEANNA WILLIAMS, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

SECRETARY OF HEALTH 

AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

 Respondent. 

Special Processing Unit (SPU); 

Damages Decision Based on Proffer; 

Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder 

Injury Related to Vaccine 

Administration (SIRVA) 

 

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

Ryan Daniel Pyles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent. 

DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master: 

 On June 20, 2017, petitioner 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 injury 

(“SIRVA”) as a result of her October 22, 2014 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1-

2. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special 

Masters. 

On January 31, 2019, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding petitioner 

entitled to compensation for SIRVA. On July 3, 2019, respondent filed a proffer on 

award of compensation (“Proffer”) indicating petitioner should be awarded $70,688.05 

 

1 The undersigned intends to post this decision on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website. 

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, the 

undersigned agrees that the identified material fits within this definition, the undersigned will redact such 

material from public access. Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the 

action in this case, undersigned is required 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). 

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). 
2

consisting of $70,000.00 to petitioner and $688.05 for satisfaction of the State of 

California Medicaid lien. Proffer at 1. In the Proffer, respondent represented that 

petitioner agrees with the proffered award. Id. Based on the record as a whole, the 

undersigned finds that petitioner is entitled to an award as stated in the Proffer. 

 Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Proffer, the undersigned awards 

the following: 

(1) a lump sum of $70,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner; and 

(2) a lump sum payment of $688.05, representing compensation for 

satisfaction of the State of California Medicaid lien, payable jointly to 

petitioner and 

Department of Health Care Services 

Recovery Branch - MS 4720 

P.O. Box 997421 

Sacramento, CA 95899-7421. 

Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to the State. These amounts represent 

compensation for all damages that would be available under § 15(a). 

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.
1

 THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS 

DEANNA WILLIAMS, 

 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

 

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, 

 

 Respondent. 

 No. 17-830V 

 Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey 

 ECF 

 

RESPONDENT’S PROFFER ON AWARD OF COMPENSATION 

On January 31, 2018, the Court entered its “Finding of Fact and Ruling on Entitlement,” 

finding petitioner entitled to compensation.1 Respondent now proffers that the Court award the 

following for all compensation for damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a): 

(1) A lump sum of $70,000.00 in the form of a check payable to petitioner;2 and 

(2) A lump sum payment of $688.05, representing compensation for satisfaction of the 

State of California Medicaid lien, payable jointly to petitioner and 

Department of Health Care Services 

Recovery Branch - MS 4720 

P.O. Box 997421 

Sacramento, CA 95899-7421. 

Petitioner agrees to endorse this payment to the State. 

 

 

1

 Respondent reserves the right to seek review of the Court’s “Finding of Fact and Ruling on 

Entitlement,” pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(e), following the issuance of a decision by the 

Chief Special Master ordering the entry of final judgment. 

 

2

 Should petitioner die prior to entry of judgment, the parties reserve the right to move the Court 

for appropriate relief. In particular, respondent would oppose any award for future medical 

expenses, future pain and suffering, and future lost wages. 
2

 Petitioner agrees with the proffered award of $70,000.00, in addition to $688.05 to satisfy 

the aforementioned Medicaid lien.3

Respectfully submitted, 

JOSEPH H. HUNT 

 Assistant Attorney General 

C. SALVATORE D’ALESSIO 

 Acting Director 

 Torts Branch, Civil Division 

 CATHARINE E. REEVES 

 Deputy Director 

 Torts Branch, Civil Division 

 

 GABRIELLE M. FIELDING 

Assistant Director 

 Torts Branch, Civil Division 

 s/ RYAN D. PYLES 

RYAN D. PYLES 

Trial Attorney 

Torts Branch, Civil Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 146 

Benjamin Franklin Station 

Washington, DC 20044-0146 

Tel: (202) 616-9847 

Dated: July 3, 2019 

 

3

 This proffer does not include any award for attorneys’ fees and costs that may be awarded 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e).