# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 17

- 1472 V

Filed: April 9, 2019

UNPUBLISHED

OLWEN DOWLING

,

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 (SIR VA)

Brenton Aaron Elswick , Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Seattle, WA , for petitioner. Jennifer Leigh Reynaud , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION 1

Dorsey

, Chief Special Master:

On October 6, 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration ( “ SIRVA ” ) as a result of an influenza ( “ flu ” ) vaccine administered on October 24, 2016 . Petition at 1 ; Stipulation , filed April 5, 2019

, at ¶ 1

. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her alleged injury for more than six months, and that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf . Petit ion at 3 ; Stipulation at ¶¶ 3

- 5

. “ Respondent denies that petitioner ’ s alleged shoulder injury and residual effects were caused by the flu vaccine. Respondent further denies tha t the flu

vaccine caused petitioner 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 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, undersigned is required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims'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 April 5, 2019 , 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 $ 62,500.00 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.