### EULA ADENIJI

,

Petitioner,

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES,

Respondent. Chief Special Master Corcoran

Filed: June 22, 2022

Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint

Stipulation on Damages; Tetanus

Diphtheria acellular Pertussis (Tdap)

Vaccine; Shoulder Injury Related to

Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)

Nancy Routh Meyers, Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro, NC , for Petitioner.

Alexa Roggenkamp , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION 1



### On September 30, 2020

, Eula Adeniji 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

administration ( “ SIRVA ” ) as a result of a tetanus, di phtheria, and acellular pertussis

( “ Tdap ” ) vaccine that was administered to her on December 28, 2018 . Petition at 1 ; Stipulation, fil ed on J une 9, 2022

, at ¶¶ 2, 4

. Petitioner further alleges that she received

the vaccine in the United States, that she experienced the resi dual effects of her injury

for more than six months, and there has been no prior awar d or settlement of a civil action

for damages as a re sult of her alleged condition . Petit ion at 1, 4 ; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3

- 5

.

“ Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the

vaccine caused petitioner ’ s alleged right shoulder injury or any other injury, and denies

that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine

- related injury. ” Stipulation at ¶ 6.

1 Because this unpublished D ecision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am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 E

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

Government Services). This means the D ecision 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 f its 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 section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the p ertinent subpara graph of 42 U.S.C. §

300aa (2012 ). 

# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE O F SPECIAL MASTERS

No

. 20 -1299V

UNPUBLISHED2



### A lump sum of $ 50,000.00 in the form of a check payable to P etitioner

. Stipulation at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages

that wo uld be available under Section 15 (a). Id

.

I approve the requested amount for P etitioner’s compensation. In the absence of

a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to

enter judgment in accordance with this decision. 3



### IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Brian H. Corcoran

Brian H. Corcoran

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. 

### Nevertheless, on June 9, 2022, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,

stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation

reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

Pursuan t to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation

, I award the following

co mpensation: