Gary Abdulla v. HHS - Influenza, bursitis in his left shoulder and a rotator cuff tear (2015)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Gary Abdulla filed a petition on October 29, 2013, alleging that he suffered bursitis in his left shoulder and a rotator cuff tear as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine on October 12, 2011. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, recommended that compensation be awarded.
The respondent's review concluded that the alleged injury was consistent with a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and that Mr. Abdulla had satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.
Special Master Christian J. Moran reviewed the record and found that Mr.
Abdulla had established entitlement to compensation. A status conference was scheduled to discuss the quantification of damages.
The case was proceeding as a Table claim for SIRVA. Petitioner counsel was Ronald C.
Homer. Respondent counsel was Melonie J.
McCall. The decision was signed by Special Master Christian J.
Moran. Update: a unpublished decision awarding damages filed 2015-03-12 resolved the case for $177,250.