Linda Carol Duncan v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Linda Carol Duncan filed a petition for compensation on April 4, 2019, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 21, 2017. Petitioner stated she received the vaccine in the United States and experienced residual effects of her injury for more than six months, with no prior award or settlement for her condition.

Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injuries or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on April 13, 2021, agreeing to settle the case and have a decision entered awarding compensation.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision.

The stipulation awarded Linda Carol Duncan a lump sum of $35,000.00, payable by check to Petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and Respondent was represented by Colleen Clemons Hartley of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The decision was issued on April 13, 2021.