Margo Paluilis v. HHS - Pneumococcal, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Margo Paluilis filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 14, 2020, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on January 16, 2018. She further alleged that the residual effects of this condition lasted for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Ms. Paluilis sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on March 13, 2022, agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Paluilis a lump sum of $42,000.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The decision was issued on April 22, 2022.