Adele Honeyman v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injuries related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Adele Honeyman filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 22, 2019. She alleged that she suffered left shoulder injuries related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on September 19, 2017.

Petitioner stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she experienced residual effects of her condition for more than six months, and that there had been no prior award or settlement for her condition. The respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, on March 2, 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran reviewed the stipulation, found it reasonable, and adopted it as his decision. He awarded Adele Honeyman a lump sum of $30,000.00, payable to Petitioner, representing compensation for all items of damages.

The decision was issued on April 1, 2021. Paul R.

Brazil represented the petitioner, and Lara Ann Englund represented the respondent. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the specific mechanism of injury.

The specific theory of causation is not detailed in the public decision beyond the allegation of a SIRVA Table injury.