Marcia Hagen v. HHS - Pneumococcal, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Marcia Hagen filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 15, 2019, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administered on December 5, 2016. Petitioner alleged the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she sustained a SIRVA within the Table timeframe, experienced residual effects for more than six months, and had no prior award or settlement.

Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her injury. Nevertheless, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Marcia Hagen a lump sum of $100,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages.

The case was settled as a Table claim for SIRVA. Petitioner was represented by John Robert Howie of Howie Law, PC, and respondent was represented by Mollie Danielle Gorney of the U.S.

Department of Justice.