Sharoll Critten v. HHS - Influenza, left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Sharoll Critten filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 30, 2019, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 23, 2017. She claimed the injury met the Table definition of SIRVA or was caused-in-fact by the vaccine.

Respondent denied that the injury met the Table criteria or that the vaccine caused or aggravated her condition. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation.

The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Sharoll Critten a total of $115,334.64. This amount included a lump sum of $110,000.00 payable to her and $5,334.64 to satisfy a Medicaid lien for services rendered.

The stipulation represented a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages claimed under the Vaccine Act, releasing the United States from further claims related to this vaccination.