Victor Haughton v. HHS - Influenza, right brachial plexopathy, shoulder instability, and Parsonage Turner syndrome (brachial neuritis) (2022)

Victor Haughton filed a petition for vaccine compensation on August 17, 2020, alleging that he suffered right brachial plexopathy, shoulder instability, and Parsonage Turner syndrome (brachial neuritis) as a result of his influenza vaccination on September 27, 2017. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused these alleged injuries.

Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on July 27, 2022, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision of the court. Victor Haughton was awarded a lump sum of $12,500.00 as compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This award represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the stipulation explicitly states it is not an admission by the United States that the flu vaccine caused the petitioner's injuries. Petitioner was represented by Mark Theodore Sadaka of the Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC.

Respondent was represented by Mark Kim Hellie of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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