Sheryl Longin v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) and adhesive capsulitis (2020)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Sheryl Longin filed a petition on January 23, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 30, 2014, caused her to suffer from a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and adhesive capsulitis. She further alleged that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months.
The respondent denied that the influenza vaccine caused petitioner's alleged injuries. The parties reached a joint stipulation, which Special Master Christian J.
Moran adopted as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Sheryl Longin a lump sum payment of $30,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages.
The decision was filed on October 27, 2020. Petitioner was represented by Ronald C.
Homer & Lauren E. Faga of Conway, Homer, P.C., and respondent was represented by Sarah C.
Duncan of the United States Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Sheryl Longin alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on October 30, 2014, caused Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) and adhesive capsulitis, with residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent denied causation. The parties reached a stipulation, which Special Master Christian J. Moran adopted as the Court's decision. The stipulation did not detail the specific mechanism of injury or name experts. The case was compensated under the Vaccine Injury Table. The award was a lump sum of $30,000.00. The decision date was October 27, 2020. Petitioner's counsel was Conway, Homer, P.C., and respondent's counsel was the U.S. Department of Justice.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00093