Adrianne Hick v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Adrianne Hick filed a petition for vaccine compensation on April 21, 2020, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccination received on October 18, 2018. She further alleged that the residual effects of this injury lasted for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Ms. Hick sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 29, 2022, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The decision adopts this stipulation, awarding Ms.

Hick a lump sum of $8,500.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. This amount represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties agreed to resolve the matter through this stipulation.