Tonya E. Dixon v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Tonya E. Dixon filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 26, 2019, alleging a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine received on September 21, 2017.

Ms. Dixon contended that her injury met the Table definition for SIRVA and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

The respondent denied that Ms. Dixon sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged injury.

Despite these opposing positions, the parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms. Dixon a lump sum of $20,000.00 for all items of damages.

This decision represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the stipulation explicitly states it is not an admission by the government that the vaccine caused the injury. Petitioner was represented by Richard William Zahn, Jr. of the Joel Bieber Firm, and Respondent was represented by Ronalda Elnetta Kosh of the U.S.

Department of Justice.