Joseph Baldwin v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2018)

Joseph Baldwin filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 8, 2017, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) causally related to an influenza vaccination received on November 9, 2015. He further alleged that he has suffered residual effects for more than six months and that no action has been brought or compensation received for his alleged vaccine-caused injury.

The respondent denied that the flu immunization caused petitioner's alleged SIRVA or any other injury. On July 23, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages, agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Joseph Baldwin was awarded a lump sum of $54,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages.

Petitioner's counsel was Ann Mayhew Golski of Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, and respondent's counsel was Ryan Daniel Pyles of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The specific mechanism of injury is not detailed in the public decision.