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

Janet Sincebaugh filed a petition for compensation on September 20, 2022, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 30, 2018. She claimed the injury was a defined Table injury and that she continued to suffer residual effects.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury or that she sustained a SIRVA Table injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and awarded Janet Sincebaugh $35,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages, to be paid as a lump sum via check.

The decision was issued on September 20, 2022. Petitioner counsel was Emily Beth Ashe of Anapol Weiss, and respondent counsel was Jamica Marie Littles of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, or treatments.

The specific mechanism of injury is not detailed in the public decision, other than it being a SIRVA Table injury.