Teresa Cook v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (2017)

Teresa Cook filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on July 24, 2015. She alleged that an influenza vaccination received on October 21, 2014, caused her to suffer a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA).

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) Report on May 5, 2017, conceding that the petitioner was entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that the petitioner's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA and met the "Althen requirements" for causation.

Furthermore, the respondent stated that no other cause for the petitioner's condition had been identified and that the petitioner had suffered residual effects for more than six months, satisfying the statutory requirements for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence presented, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found Teresa Cook entitled to compensation.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Maximillian J.

Muller represented the petitioner, and Jennifer Leigh Reynaud represented the respondent.