Willie J. Blackmon v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Willie J. Blackmon filed a petition for compensation on December 8, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on December 11, 2014, caused him to suffer a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA).

He further alleged that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Mr.

Blackmon sustained a SIRVA Table injury, that the flu vaccine caused his shoulder injury, or any other injury, and that his current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite the respondent's denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to compensation.

The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Mr.

Blackmon was awarded a lump sum payment of $45,000.00 as compensation for all damages. The case was settled via stipulation, and judgment was entered accordingly.