Angela Holt v. HHS - Influenza, Linear IgA disease (2022)

Angela Holt filed a petition on October 26, 2018, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on November 4, 2015, caused her to develop Linear IgA disease, or alternatively, that the vaccine significantly aggravated a pre-existing Linear IgA disease. Ms.

Holt further alleged that she suffered residual effects of the condition for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the influenza vaccine caused Ms.

Holt's condition or any other injury. Despite the respondent's denial, the parties reached a joint stipulation for compensation.

Special Master Christian J. Moran reviewed the stipulation and adopted it as the decision of the Court.

The stipulation awarded Ms. Holt a lump sum payment of $50,000.00, payable by check, as compensation for all damages.

The case was treated as a Table claim. The decision was filed on October 7, 2022.

Petitioner counsel was Danielle A. Strait of Maglio Christopher & Toale, and respondent counsel was Austin J.

Egan of the United States Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.

The specific mechanism of causation was not detailed in the public decision, but the claim was processed under the Vaccine Injury Table.