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

Jodi Weitzman filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine in her left shoulder on January 9, 2013. She further alleged that she suffered the residual effects of this injury for more than six months.

Respondent denied that the SIRVA was caused-in-fact by the vaccination. Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Ms.

Weitzman was awarded a lump sum of $50,000.00, which represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The decision was entered on April 3, 2017, based on a stipulation filed on December 5, 2016, with the petition having been filed on December 6, 2016.