Pamela Gallus v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2021)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Pamela Gallus filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 29, 2020, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) causally related to her receipt of the influenza vaccine on September 28, 2017. The respondent was the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation on damages. Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision awarding damages. Pursuant to the stipulation, Pamela Gallus was awarded a lump sum of $30,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.
The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties agreed to the award amount. Petitioner's counsel was Paul R.
Brazil of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent's counsel was Zoe Wade of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The decision was issued on October 12, 2021.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Pamela Gallus alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) causally related to her receipt of the influenza vaccine on September 28, 2017. The case proceeded as a Table claim. The parties filed a joint stipulation on damages, agreeing to an award. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision. Pamela Gallus was awarded $30,000.00 as a lump sum. Petitioner's counsel was Paul R. Brazil, and respondent's counsel was Zoe Wade. The decision date was October 12, 2021.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00532