Jennifer Kilgrow v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2022)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Jennifer Kilgrow filed a petition for compensation on December 16, 2021, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 18, 2018. The petition stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that the injury's residual effects lasted more than six months, and that there had been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for her condition.
The respondent denied that petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA within the Table timeframe and denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury and residual effects, or any other injury. The parties filed a joint stipulation on December 14, 2021, agreeing to settle the case.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Jennifer Kilgrow a lump sum of $82,500.00 for all damages.
The decision was issued on January 19, 2022. Petitioner was represented by Heather L.
Pearlman of Rawls Law Group, P.C., and respondent was represented by Voris Edward Johnson of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Jennifer Kilgrow alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine on December 18, 2018. The injury was alleged to be a Table injury with residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent denied that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. The parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding a lump sum of $82,500.00. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or detailed clinical findings. Petitioner was represented by Heather L. Pearlman, and respondent was represented by Voris Edward Johnson. The decision date was January 19, 2022.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00218