Theresa Ukpo v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2019)

Theresa Ukpo filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 28, 2018, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a Tdap vaccine on April 8, 2017. She further alleged that the residual effects of her injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury and denied that the alleged SIRVA and its residual effects were caused-in-fact by the Tdap vaccine. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Theresa Ukpo a lump sum of $62,500.00 as compensation for all damages.

The Tdap vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The decision on the stipulation was issued on October 10, 2019.

Petitioner was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop of Jeffrey S.

Pop & Associates, and respondent was represented by Adriana Ruth Teitel of the U.S. Department of Justice.