Yoshida Tate v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA), including adhesive capsulitis (2019)

Yoshida Tate filed a petition for compensation on January 17, 2018, alleging that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), including adhesive capsulitis, as a result of an influenza vaccine received on November 8, 2016. He further alleged that he suffered residual effects of this injury for more than six months.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused petitioner's alleged SIRVA or any other injury and denied that his current disabilities were a sequela of a vaccine-related injury, and also denied onset within the Table timeframe. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on September 9, 2019, agreeing to settle the case.

The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Yoshida Tate a lump sum of $60,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages. The case was presented as a Table claim, though respondent contested the Table timeframe for onset.

The award covers all damages available under the Vaccine Act.