Jodi Rodriguez v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Jodi Rodriguez filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 14, 2016, caused her to suffer from a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). She further alleged that her injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Rodriguez sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that Ms. Rodriguez should receive compensation.

The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Ms.

Rodriguez was awarded a lump sum of $35,000.00 as compensation for all damages. The decision was entered on September 25, 2023, following the petition filed on March 28, 2018.