Court Opinion

ID: 4788434
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-19 16:05:19.903102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:09:44.441389
License: Public Domain

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                             OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

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JULIE A. GALPIN,           *
                           *                       No. 17-588V
               Petitioner, *                       Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v.                         *                       Filed: August 4, 2021
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH        *                       Stipulation; Influenza (“flu”) vaccine;
AND HUMAN SERVICES,        *                       SIRVA; shoulder injury.
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               Respondent. *
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Richard H. Moeller, Moore, Heffernan, et al., Sioux City, IA, for Petitioner;
Wei K. Tai, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

                             UNPUBLISHED DECISION1

       On August 3, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the
petition for compensation filed by Julie Galpin on May 2, 2017. Petitioner alleged
that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on August 26, 2016, which is
contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused
her to suffer from a right-sided shoulder injury related to vaccination
administration (“SIRVA”). Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the residual
effects of this injury for more than six months. Petitioner represents that there has
been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf as a
result of her condition.

    Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner to suffer from
SIRVA or any other injury.

       1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.
      Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The
undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the
Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

       Damages awarded in that stipulation include:

       A lump sum payment of $30,000.00 in the form of a check payable to
       petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that
       would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).

       In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B,
the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached
stipulation.2

       IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                    s/Christian J. Moran
                                                    Christian J. Moran
                                                    Special Master

       2  Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), the parties can expedite entry of judgment by each
party filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review by a United States Court of Federal
Claims judge.
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