In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS 

No. 17-330V 

 Filed: March 20, 2018 

UNPUBLISHED 

JENNIFER FLORA BRANTLEY, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, 

 Respondent. 

Special Processing Unit (SPU); Joint 

Stipulation on Damages; Influenza 

(Flu) Vaccine; Pneumococcal 

Conjugate Vaccine (PCV); Shoulder 

Injury Related to Vaccine 

Administration (SIRVA) 

 

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

Jennifer Leigh Reynaud, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent. 

DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master: 

 On April 10, 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 she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine 

Administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of her December 2, 2015 influenza (“flu”) 

vaccination and Prevnar 13 pneumococcal conjugate (“PCV”) vaccination. Petition at 1; 

Stipulation, filed March 19, 2018, at ¶¶ 2, 4. Petitioner further alleges that she received 

her vaccinations in the United States, that she suffered the effects of her 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 as a result of her alleged injury.” Stipulation at ¶¶ 3-5; see

Petition at ¶¶ 20-21. “Respondent denies that petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury and 

residual effects were caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine and/or the PCV vaccine. 

Respondent further denies that the flu or PCV vaccine caused petitioner any other injury 

or her current condition.” 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1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the 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 March 19, 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 $41,000.00 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.