Carmen Gonzalez v. HHS - Hepatitis B, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2018)

Carmen Gonzalez filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) due to a Hepatitis B vaccination received on May 20, 2015. The respondent conceded that Ms.

Gonzalez's SIRVA was caused-in-fact by the vaccination and that she met all legal prerequisites for compensation. The court issued a ruling on entitlement based on this concession.

Subsequently, the parties reached a proffer agreement for damages. The court awarded Ms.

Gonzalez a total of $114,977.35. This amount included $109,586.83 for lost earnings and pain and suffering, payable directly to her, and $5,390.52 to satisfy a State of Illinois Medicaid lien, payable jointly to Ms.

Gonzalez and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Ms.

Gonzalez agreed to endorse the lien payment to the state agency.