Robert Brett Maxwell v. HHS - Pneumococcal, serum sickness, chronic serum sickness, inflammatory polyarthritis, chronic kidney disease, liver complications, acute renal failure associated with serum sickness, chronic renal failure, metabolic acidosis, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria, renal glycosuria, elevation of acute phase reactants, colitis, and shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) (2018)

Robert Brett Maxwell filed a petition for compensation on July 12, 2016, alleging that the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar) he received on July 15, 2013, caused him to develop a range of conditions including serum sickness, chronic serum sickness, inflammatory polyarthritis, chronic kidney disease, liver complications, acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, metabolic acidosis, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria, renal glycosuria, elevated acute phase reactants, colitis, and shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). He also alleged that these injuries resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused these injuries or any other injury, and denied that Petitioner's current disabilities were sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite this denial, the parties filed a stipulation for an award on August 17, 2018.

The stipulation stated that a decision should be entered awarding compensation to Petitioner. The parties agreed that Petitioner would receive a lump sum of $100,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the law.

The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court, approving the compensation amount. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with the stipulation, with the parties having waived their right to seek review.