Anita Briant v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Anita Briant filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 24, 2020, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on September 3, 2019. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner's claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA and that she satisfied the statutory severity requirement of suffering residual effects for more than six months after vaccination.

On January 18, 2022, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a ruling on entitlement, finding Petitioner entitled to compensation based on the respondent's concession.

Subsequently, on February 15, 2022, the respondent filed a proffer on the award of compensation, which Petitioner agreed to. On February 17, 2022, Chief Special Master Corcoran issued a decision awarding damages based on this proffer.

The award totaled $76,348.26, consisting of $75,000.00 for pain and suffering and $1,348.26 for lost wages. This amount was awarded as a lump sum payment to Anita Briant.

Petitioner was represented by Brittany Rose Wolf-Freedman of Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC, and the respondent was represented by Wei Kit Tai of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury beyond it being a SIRVA.