Sherry Smith v. HHS - Influenza, inflammatory polyarthritis (2018)

Sherry Smith filed a petition on January 12, 2015, alleging that she developed inflammatory polyarthritis as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine on October 12, 2012. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused her condition.

Despite maintaining their positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 19, 2018, agreeing to settle the issues and award compensation to Ms. Smith.

The stipulation awarded a lump sum of $66,000.00 to compensate for all damages. Special Master Thomas L.

Gowen found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court, ordering judgment to be entered accordingly. The case was compensated based on the stipulation.

The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, specific medical facts, onset, symptoms, tests, treatments, or expert testimony.