Dianne Gail Strobel v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2016)

Dianne Gail Strobel filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 13, 2015, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccination on November 19, 2014. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, conceded entitlement to compensation in a Rule 4(c) report filed on January 28, 2016.

The respondent agreed that Ms. Strobel's injury was consistent with SIRVA and that she met the statutory requirements, including suffering residual effects for more than six months.

Subsequently, on September 12, 2016, the respondent filed a proffer on award of compensation, which Ms. Strobel agreed to.

The proffer recommended an award of $8,250.00 for past and future unreimbursable expenses and $184,750.00 for actual and projected pain and suffering. In a decision dated November 17, 2016, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey awarded Ms.

Strobel a total lump sum payment of $193,000.00, representing compensation for all damages available under the Act.