Caroline DiFrancesco v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Caroline DiFrancesco filed a petition on September 19, 2017, alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 4, 2014, caused her to suffer a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused petitioner's SIRVA or any other injury.

Despite the denial, the parties reached a stipulation recommending an award of compensation. The stipulation stated that Caroline DiFrancesco would receive a lump sum of $34,800.00, payable to petitioner via check, as compensation for all damages available under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.

Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation to be reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with the terms of the stipulation, unless a motion for review was filed.