# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 17

- 1563 V

Filed: December 21, 2018

UNPUBLISHED

PATRICIA RICHARDS

,

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)

Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA , for petitioner. Lara Ann Englund

, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION 1

Dorsey

, Chief Special Master:

On October 19, 2017

, p etitioner 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 left shoulder injuries resulting from

the influenza vac cination she received on September 2 4, 2016 . Petition at 1, ¶ ¶ 2, 20 ; Stipulation , filed Dec. 21, 2018

, at ¶ ¶ 1

- 2, 4

. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccination in the United States, suffered the residual effects of h er injury fo r more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or

recei ved compensation for her injury , alleged as vaccine caused . Petit ion at ¶¶ 2, 20

- 2 1 ; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3

- 5

. “ Respondent denies that the flu vaccine is the cause of petitioner ’ s all eged left shoulder injur ies or any other injury or her current condition. ” Stipulation at ¶ 6.

1 The un dersigned 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 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, undersigned is required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims'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 subpara graph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa (2012 ).2

Nevertheless, o n December 21, 2018 , the parties filed the attached joint stipulation, stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned 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 term s stated in the attached Stipulation

, the undersigned

award s the following compensation:

A lump sum of $ 7 3 ,724 .87 in the form of a check payable to petitioner

. Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages that wo uld be available under § 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.