Tawana T. Morrison v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Tawana T. Morrison filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving the influenza vaccine on November 11, 2017.

She also alleged in the alternative that her shoulder injury was caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine. Ms.

Morrison claimed that she suffered residual effects of her injury for more than six months and that no compensation had been received for her alleged vaccine-related injury. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu 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 July 27, 2023, agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision awarding damages.

Ms. Morrison was awarded a lump sum of $25,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.