Kathleen M. Lesley v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2019)

Kathleen M. Lesley filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccination received on September 1, 2016.

She claimed to have suffered residual effects for more than six months. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her shoulder injury.

Despite these differing positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision.

Kathleen M. Lesley was awarded a lump sum of $45,221.60, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This award was made in the form of a check payable to the petitioner. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the damages amount.