Cynthia Kuhn v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2015)

Cynthia Kuhn filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 19, 2015, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving the influenza vaccine on September 27, 2013. Petitioner stated that she received a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Table, that the injury's effects lasted more than six months, and that no lawsuits had been filed or settlements or awards accepted for her vaccine-related injury.

The respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused petitioner's alleged shoulder injury or any other condition. Despite the respondent's denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages on November 18, 2015.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the court. The stipulation awarded Cynthia Kuhn a lump sum of $65,000.00, payable to petitioner, as compensation for all eligible damages.

The court directed the clerk to enter judgment accordingly.