Mary Priscilla Egan v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Mary Priscilla Egan filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 21, 2018. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza (flu) vaccine she received on September 18, 2017.

Ms. Egan asserted that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she sustained the SIRVA within the timeframe set forth on the Vaccine Injury Table, that the effects of her injury lasted for more than six months, and that there had been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Egan sustained a SIRVA injury, denied that the flu vaccination caused her alleged shoulder injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on April 15, 2021, agreeing to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision. Pursuant to the stipulation, Ms.

Egan was awarded a lump sum of $90,000.00, payable by check to Petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. The decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, or treatments.

The public decision does not name any medical experts for either party. The stipulation states that attorneys' fees and costs would be sought in further proceedings.