In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 17-735V 

Filed: September 5, 2018

UNPUBLISHED

KEBBA DAMPHA, 

 Petitioner,

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES,

 Respondent.

Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint 

Stipulation on Damages; Tetanus 

Diphtheria acellular Pertussis (Tdap)

Vaccine; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; 

Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine 

Administration (SIRVA)

John Robert Howie, Howie Law, PC, Dallas, TX, for petitioner.

Gabrielle Manganiello Fielding, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for 

respondent.

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master:

On June 2, 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 he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine 

administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of receiving influenza (“flu”) and TetanusDiphtheria-acellular Pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccinations on October 22, 2014. Petition at 1; 

Stipulation, filed September 5, 2018, at ¶ 4. Petitioner further alleges that he 

experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six months and that there has 

been no prior award of settlement of a civil action for damages on his behalf as a result

of his condition. Petition at 7; Stipulation at ¶¶ 4-5. “Respondent denies that the flu or 

Tdap vaccines caused petitioner to suffer from SIRVA, or any other injury, and denies 

that petitioner’s current disabilities are sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. ” Stipulation

at ¶ 6. 

 

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the 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).
2

Nevertheless, on September 5, 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 terms stated in the attached Stipulation, the undersigned

awards the following compensation:

A lump sum of $81,533.18 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.