DocketNumber: 16-1528
Judges: Nora Beth Dorsey
Filed Date: 5/2/2018
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 5/2/2018
In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 16-1528V Filed: June 15, 2017 UNPUBLISHED **************************** GLENDA GARNSEY, * * Petitioner, * Ruling on Entitlement; Concession; v. * Influenza (“Flu”); Shoulder Injury * Related to Vaccine Administration SECRETARY OF HEALTH * (“SIRVA”); AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Special Processing Unit (“SPU”) * Respondent. * * **************************** Paul Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner. Mallori Openchowski, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent. RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 Dorsey, Chief Special Master: On November 16, 2016, 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”) following a December 7, 2015 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters. On June 14, 2017, 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 determined that petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with a SIRVA, and it was caused by the flu vaccination that petitioner received on December 7, 2015. Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that, based on the 1 Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the undersigned intends to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website,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. 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). record as it now stands, petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 4-5. In view of respondent’s concession and the evidence before me, the undersigned finds that petitioner is entitled to compensation. IT IS SO ORDERED. s/Nora Beth Dorsey Nora Beth Dorsey Chief Special Master 2