Patricia Piazza v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (2020)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Patricia Piazza filed a petition for vaccine compensation on October 6, 2017, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 16, 2014. The respondent denied that the vaccine caused the petitioner's alleged injury.
Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on February 12, 2020, agreeing to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded Patricia Piazza $97,500.00 in compensation for all damages. The case was treated as a Table claim for SIRVA.
The stipulation included a release of all claims against the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services related to the alleged injury from the flu vaccination. Petitioner was represented by Ronald Craig Homer of Conway, Homer, P.C., and the respondent was represented by Gabrielle Manganiello Fielding of the U.S.
Department of Justice. The decision was corrected and filed on March 24, 2020.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Patricia Piazza alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccination on October 16, 2014. The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused petitioner's alleged left shoulder injury or any other injury. The case was treated as a Table claim for SIRVA. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case, agreeing to an award of $97,500.00 for all damages. This stipulation was adopted by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on February 12, 2020, with the decision filed on March 24, 2020. Petitioner was represented by Ronald Craig Homer, and respondent was represented by Gabrielle Manganiello Fielding. The stipulation included a release of all claims against the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01471