Darla Conley v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2022)

On July 31, 2020, Darla Conley filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 17, 2018. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Conley sustained a Table injury for SIRVA or that the flu vaccine caused her injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on April 12, 2022, agreeing to settle the case.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and adopted its terms as his decision.

Ms. Conley was awarded $65,000.00 as compensation for all damages, to be paid as a lump sum via check.

The decision was entered on May 23, 2022. Petitioner was represented by Jeffrey S.

Pop of Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, and Respondent was represented by Catherine Elizabeth Stolar of the U.S.

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