Sylvia Rowe v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Sylvia Rowe filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a Table injury, specifically a left Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA), as a result of an influenza vaccination on September 26, 2018. She also received a Tdap vaccine on the same day, but that is the subject of a separate petition.

Respondent denied that Ms. Rowe sustained the onset of a left shoulder injury within the Table's timeframe, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged injuries, and denied that she sustained a SIRVA Table injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Rowe a lump sum of $15,000.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The stipulation also noted that attorneys' fees and costs would be sought in further proceedings. The parties released the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from further claims related to this flu vaccination in exchange for the compensation.