Anna Roof Harrelson v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Anna Roof Harrelson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on February 16, 2018, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on September 29, 2017. The respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on June 25, 2019, conceding that Ms.
Harrelson was entitled to compensation because her condition met the criteria set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table for a SIRVA. On July 10, 2019, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey issued a ruling on entitlement, finding Ms.
Harrelson entitled to compensation. Subsequently, on May 21, 2020, the respondent filed a proffer on the award of compensation.
The public decision, issued by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on May 21, 2020, awarded Ms.
Harrelson a total of $119,381.38. This award comprised $117,500.00 for pain and suffering, $560.12 for past unreimbursable out-of-pocket medical expenses, and $1,321.26 for past lost wages.
The petitioner was represented by Mary Lee Briggs of Briggs and Inglese, LLC, and the respondent was represented by Althea Walker Davis of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury beyond it being a SIRVA.