Claretta Edwards v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Claretta Edwards filed a petition for vaccine compensation on March 5, 2019, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 3, 2017, caused her to suffer from a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The injury is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.

Ms. Edwards further alleged that she suffered residual effects of this injury for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused the SIRVA or any other injury. Despite their differing positions on causation, the parties reached a stipulation to settle the case.

The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms. Edwards a lump sum of $30,000.00 as compensation for all damages.

This award represents a negotiated settlement of liability and damages under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. The decision was entered on September 16, 2020.