In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 19-893V

UNPUBLISHED

AUTUMN MORGAN,

 Petitioner,

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES,

 Respondent.

Chief Special Master Corcoran 

Filed: December 6, 2019

Special Processing Unit (SPU);

Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;

Table Injury; Meningococcal Vaccine;

Influneza (Flu) Vaccine; Vasovagal 

Syncope

Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.

Colleen Clemons Hartley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

On June 18, 2019, Autumn Morgan 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 “vasovagal syncope and resulting

injuries, a ‘table injury,’ as a result of the influenza and meningococcal vaccines” she 

received on September 7, 2016,. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special 

Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.

On December 2, 2019, 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 indicates that 

 1 Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am 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 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 “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 

300aa (2012).
2

DICP has determined that petitioner’s medical course is consistent with 

vasovagal syncope following her flu and Meningococcal vaccines on 

September 7, 2016 as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. See 42 C.F.R. 

§ 100.3(a). DICP did not identify any other causes for petitioner’s 

vasovagal syncope within one hour of her vaccinations, and records show 

that she suffered the sequela of her injury for more than six months after 

vaccination. Based on the medical records outlined above, petitioner has 

met the statutory requirements for entitlement to compensation. See 42 

U.S.C. § 300aa-13(a)(1)(B); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11(c)(1)(D). Therefore,

based on the record as it now stands, petitioner has satisfied all legal 

prerequisites for compensation under the Act.

Id. at 6. 

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