# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 14

- 724 V

Filed: February 17, 2016

UNPUBLISHED

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SARA ERICKSON

, *

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Petitioner, * Joint Stipulation on Damages ;

* Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine;

* Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine

SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Administration ( “ SIRVA ” );

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Special Processing Unit (“SPU”)

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Respondent. *

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Maximillian Muller

, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA

, f or petitioner.

Lisa Watts , U

. S

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

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION 1

Dorsey

, Chief Special Master:

On August 11, 2014

, Sara Eri c kson (“ 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 s he suffered a shoulder injury caused

by the influenza ( “ flu ” ) vaccine she received on November 25, 2013

. P e t i t i o n at 1 ; see

also Stipulation , filed Feb. 17 , 2016

, ¶ ¶ 1

- 2, 4

. Petitioner further alleges that s he

continues to suffer the effec ts of her injury and that neither s he nor anyone else has

brought an action or h as received compensation for her injuries. Pe tition

, ¶¶ 1 2

- 13; see

also Stipulation ¶¶ 4

- 5. “ Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner ’ s alleged right shoulder injury, or any other injury, and further denies that p etitioner ’ s

c urrent disabilities are sequelae of a vaccine

- related injury. ” Stipulation

, ¶ 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1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the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, Pub. L. No. 107

- 347, § 205, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended

at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)) . 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

unwarra nted 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 subpara graph of 42 U.S.C. §

300aa (2012 ).2

Nevertheless, o n February 17, 2016 , 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.

The parties stipulated t hat petitioner shall receive the following compensation:

A lump sum of $ 1 62,62 2. 0 9 in the form of a check payable to petitioner

. Stipulation, ¶ 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

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