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

Laura Shevlin filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 13, 2020. She alleged that she suffered a Table Injury, specifically Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA), as a result of her influenza vaccination on October 10, 2018.

Ms. Shevlin stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she experienced residual effects of her injury for more than six months, and that she had not received any prior award or settlement for this injury.

Respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Shevlin suffered the onset of her alleged SIRVA within the Table timeframe, denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury or any other injury, and denied that her current disabilities were a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on July 12, 2022, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages.

Ms. Shevlin was awarded a lump sum of $105,506.31, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.