Briana Grappo v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2017)

Briana Grappo filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 13, 2015, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by an influenza vaccination received on November 30, 2013. The petition stated that the vaccination occurred in the United States, that the effects of the injury lasted for more than six months, and that no other action had been filed or compensation received for the alleged vaccine-caused injury.

The respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused petitioner's alleged SIRVA or any other injury or her current condition. Despite the denial, on January 3, 2017, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Briana Grappo was awarded a lump sum of $71,355.26, payable to petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages.

Petitioner was represented by Maximillian Muller of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent was represented by Linda Renzi of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The decision was issued on January 3, 2017.