Yolanda Valdez v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury (2017)

Yolanda Valdez filed a petition for vaccine compensation on July 26, 2016, alleging that she received an influenza vaccine on September 25, 2013, which resulted in a shoulder injury. The influenza vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and Ms.

Valdez claimed to have suffered residual effects from the shoulder injury for more than six months. Respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury.

Despite maintaining their respective positions on causation, the parties reached a stipulation to settle the case. The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms.

Valdez a lump sum payment of $80,000.00. This amount was intended to compensate for all damages available under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.

The decision was filed on March 28, 2017, and the case proceeded as a Table claim, with the award reflecting a compromise of liability and damages.