Alice B. Fields v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Alice B. Fields filed a petition for vaccine compensation on February 1, 2022, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine received on October 6, 2017.

She claimed a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) that persisted for more than six months. The Vaccine Injury Table lists SIRVA as a condition that can be presumed to be caused by a vaccine if it meets certain criteria, and Ms.

Fields' injury was alleged to have occurred within the Table's timeframe. Respondent denied that Ms.

Fields suffered a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury, and denied that the vaccine caused any other condition. Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation for settlement.

Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding Ms. Fields a total of $79,717.19.

This amount included a lump sum of $77,500.00 payable to Ms. Fields and $2,217.19 to reimburse a Medicaid lien for services rendered by the State of North Carolina.

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