Merry Engel v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Merry Engel filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on September 28, 2018. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Engel sustained a Table SIRVA injury and denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms. Engel a lump sum of $35,000.00.

This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the damages.

The decision was issued on June 30, 2022, following the petition filed on August 30, 2019.