Donnie Jordan v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2016)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Donnie Jordan filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 10, 2016, alleging he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of his September 11, 2015, influenza vaccination. The respondent, represented by Christine Mary Becer of the U.S.
Department of Justice, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Mr. Jordan's injury was consistent with SIRVA and was caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine.
The respondent further agreed that the statutory six-month sequela requirement had been satisfied and concluded that the injury was compensable under the Act. On November 2, 2016, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey issued a ruling on entitlement, finding Mr.
Jordan entitled to compensation based on the respondent's concession. Subsequently, on December 2, 2016, the respondent filed a proffer on the award of compensation, indicating that Mr.
Jordan should be awarded $70,000.00, representing all available damages, and that Mr. Jordan agreed with this proffered award.
On December 2, 2016, Chief Special Master Dorsey issued a decision awarding Mr. Jordan a lump sum payment of $70,000.00, payable by check to Donnie Jordan, as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).
The petitioner was represented by John Robert Howie, Jr. of Howie Law, P.C. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests performed, or treatments received.