Kristen Ammerman v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Kristen Ammerman filed a petition for vaccine injury compensation on November 6, 2018, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine received on December 2, 2016. The respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on December 27, 2019, conceding that the petitioner's claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA and that she was entitled to a presumption of vaccine causation.
Based on this concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a ruling on entitlement on December 31, 2019, finding Ms.
Ammerman eligible for compensation. Subsequently, on January 8, 2020, the respondent filed a proffer on the award of compensation.
The proffer stated that Ms. Ammerman should be awarded $107,351.45, which included $105,000.00 for pain and suffering and $2,351.45 for unreimbursable expenses.
The petitioner agreed with this proffered award. Chief Special Master Corcoran accepted the proffer in a decision dated January 9, 2020, and awarded Ms.
Ammerman a lump sum of $107,351.45, payable by check to the petitioner. Petitioner counsel was Alison H.
Haskins of Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, and respondent counsel was Heather Lynn Pearlman of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The decision was issued by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran.