Rebecca Huffman v. HHS - Influenza, right Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Rebecca Huffman filed a petition for vaccine compensation on October 24, 2018, alleging she suffered a right Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine she received on January 13, 2017. She claimed the residual effects of the injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Huffman suffered a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her condition.

Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision.

Ms. Huffman was awarded a lump sum of $72,500.00, which represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This decision was based on the joint stipulation and was issued on May 27, 2020, by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran.

Petitioner counsel was Ronald Craig Homer, and respondent counsel was Christine Mary Becer. The public decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.