Danae Plank v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Danae Plank filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 4, 2019. She alleged that a Tetanus-Diphtheria-acellular Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine administered on September 2, 2016, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), and that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, and denied that the vaccine caused any other injury or her current condition. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation on June 27, 2022.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the court.

Danae Plank was awarded a lump sum of $20,000.00, payable to her, as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to damages.

Petitioner's counsel was Leah VaSahnja Durant, and respondent's counsel was Christine Mary Becer. The decision was issued on July 29, 2022.