Keri H. Daigle v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Keri H. Daigle filed a petition on June 30, 2020, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 30, 2019.

The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report on December 6, 2021, conceding that Petitioner's claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA and that she was entitled to compensation.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a ruling on entitlement on December 6, 2021, finding Petitioner entitled to compensation.

On March 22, 2022, Respondent filed a proffer on an award of compensation, which Petitioner agreed to. Chief Special Master Corcoran awarded Petitioner a lump sum payment of $70,000.00 for pain and suffering, representing all damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

Judgment was entered in accordance with this decision. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and Respondent was represented by Emilie Williams of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.