Valerie Eldridge v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Valerie Eldridge filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 31, 2019, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine in her right shoulder on October 7, 2017. She further alleged that she experienced the residual effects of her SIRVA for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA within the Table timeframe and denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury and residual effects. The parties filed a joint stipulation on May 19, 2020, agreeing to settle the case.

Pursuant to the stipulation, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran awarded Valerie Eldridge $75,000.00 in compensation for all items of damages.

The decision was entered on May 19, 2020. Petitioner was represented by Kristina E.

Grigorian and Jeffrey S. Pop of Jeffrey S.

Pop & Associates. Respondent was represented by Voris Edward Johnson of the U.S.

Department of Justice.