Robin Cooley v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Robin Cooley filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 18, 2017, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 13, 2016. The respondent denied that the immunization caused the petitioner's injury.

The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. The respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $27,500.00 as compensation for all damages.

Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation in that amount. The decision was issued on May 3, 2021.

The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The specific mechanism of injury is also not described in the public decision.