Court Opinion

ID: 4408574
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Date Created: 2019-06-19 20:03:12.894266+00
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                          No. 18-0652V
                                      Filed: April 10, 2019
                                         UNPUBLISHED

    JILL CORSIGLIA,

                        Petitioner,                          Special Processing Unit (SPU);
    v.                                                       Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
                                                             Causation-In-Fact; Influenza (Flu)
    SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND                                  and Hepatitis A (Hep A) Vaccines;
    HUMAN SERVICES,                                          Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
                                                             Administration (SIRVA)
                       Respondent.

Danielle Strait, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Seattle, WA, for petitioner.
Ashley Simpson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

                                    RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
        On May 8, 2018, 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 left shoulder injuries caused in fact by the
influenza and hepatitis A vaccines she received on November 3, 2016. Petition at 1, ¶¶
1, 3, 14. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccination in the United
States, suffered the residual effects of her injuries for more than six months, and that
neither she nor any other party has filed a civil suit or received compensation for her
injuries, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 15, 18-19. The case was assigned to
the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.

1 Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the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).
        On April 9, 2019, respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes that
petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1.
Specifically, respondent has “concluded that petitioner’s injury is consistent with SIRVA
[(shoulder injury related to vaccine administration), and] a preponderance of evidence
establishes that her SIRVA was caused-in-fact by the flu or Hepatitis A vaccination she
received on November 3, 2016.” Id. at 3. Respondent further agrees that “petitioner
has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id.

     In view of respondent’s position and the evidence of record, the
undersigned finds that petitioner is entitled to compensation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                  s/Nora Beth Dorsey
                                  Nora Beth Dorsey
                                  Chief Special Master