Mary H. Dahl v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to administration of a vaccine (“SIRVA”) (2015)

Mary H. Dahl filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 15, 2014.

She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on November 23, 2012. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a report conceding that Ms.

Dahl's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA, that the injury lasted for more than six months, and that she satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Denise Kathryn Vowell found that Ms.

Dahl was entitled to compensation. Subsequently, on April 24, 2015, the parties filed a stipulation for attorneys' fees and costs.

The stipulation agreed upon a total award of $21,581.81, jointly payable to petitioner Mary H. Dahl and her counsel, Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV of Ragsdale LLC.

The Special Master found this amount to be reasonable and awarded it as a lump sum. Petitioner was represented by Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV, and respondent was represented by Heather Lynn Pearlman.

The decision on entitlement was issued on December 29, 2014, and the decision on attorneys' fees and costs was issued on May 15, 2015.