Crystal Weeks v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)

Crystal Weeks filed a petition for vaccine compensation on October 2, 2019, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on October 26, 2018. She claimed the injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Weeks sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her injury, and denied that her condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on October 26, 2021, agreeing to settle the case. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Weeks $45,000.00 as a lump sum. This amount was intended to compensate for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the stipulation noted that the award represented a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages. The stipulation also outlined the process for awarding reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.