Douglas F. Crawford v. HHS - Influenza, severe joint pains and reactive arthritis (2023)

Douglas F. Crawford filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 23, 2018.

He alleged that he suffered severe joint pains and reactive arthritis caused by his influenza vaccination on December 8, 2017. Mr.

Crawford further alleged that the residual effects of his condition lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Mr.

Crawford sustained the alleged injuries or that the flu vaccine caused them. Despite the respondent's denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages on March 9, 2023.

Special Master Daniel T. Horner reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court.

Pursuant to the stipulation, Mr. Crawford was awarded $38,700.00 as a lump sum payment to compensate for all items of damages.

The decision was issued on April 4, 2023. Petitioner's counsel was Jonathan Joseph Svitak of Shannon Law Group, P.C., and respondent's counsel was Katherine Carr Esposito of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests performed, treatments received, or the specific mechanism of causation.