Towanda Banks v. HHS - Influenza, right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Towanda Banks filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on November 30, 2017. She claimed the vaccination occurred in the United States and that she suffered residual effects for more than six months, with no prior compensation received.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury but the parties later filed a joint stipulation to settle the case. Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms.

Banks a lump sum of $50,000.00 for all damages and an additional $674.67 to satisfy a Louisiana Medicaid lien. The decision noted that the flu vaccine is on the Vaccine Injury Table.

The parties agreed that this stipulation represents a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages, and the United States did not admit that the vaccine caused the injury.