Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-06-14 20:06:57.510631+00
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                         No. 15-1367V
                                    Filed: January 13, 2017
                                        UNPUBLISHED

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ARLENE MCFEELY,                           *
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                     Petitioner,          *
v.                                        *      Joint Stipulation on Damages;
                                          *      Influenza Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
SECRETARY OF HEALTH                       *      Related to Vaccine Administration
AND HUMAN SERVICES,                       *      (“SIRVA”); Special Processing Unit
                                          *      (“SPU”)
                     Respondent.          *
                                          *
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Maximillian Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Robert Coleman, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

                              DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master:

       On November 12, 2015, 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 alleged that she suffered injuries as a result of receiving the
influenza vaccination on September 7, 2014. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 3, 25; see also
Stipulation, filed Jan. 13, 2017, at ¶¶ 1, 2, 4. Petitioner further alleged that she received
the vaccination in the United States, has suffered the residual effects of her injury for
more than six months, and has never filed a civil action or received compensation for
her injuries, alleged as vaccine caused. Petition at ¶¶ 3, 25-27; see also Stipulation at
¶¶ 3-5. “Respondent denies that the influenza vaccine is the cause of petitioner’s
alleged SIRVA, and/or any other injury or her current condition.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.

       Nevertheless, on January 13, 2017, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The undersigned

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the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.

2National 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).
finds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding
damages, on the terms set forth therein.

        The parties stipulate that petitioner shall receive the following compensation:

        A lump sum of $122,500.00 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 § 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.

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