Deanna Drayton v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Deanna Drayton filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 12, 2017, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine administered on November 14, 2016. She further alleged that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury and denied that the vaccine caused her alleged injury. Nevertheless, on June 16, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. The award included a lump sum of $6,289.54 payable jointly to Petitioner and the Department of Social Services for a lien, and a lump sum of $84,000.00 payable to Petitioner, totaling $90,289.54 for all items of damages.