Sovanna Sin v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Sovanna Sin filed a petition on December 1, 2020, alleging that a Tdap vaccine administered on July 12, 2018, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public stipulation materials do not provide a detailed treatment timeline.
Respondent denied that Ms. Sin sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine-related sequela.
The parties nevertheless resolved the case by stipulation. Special Master Thomas L.
Gowen adopted the stipulation on June 9, 2025. Ms.
Sin received $48,000.00 in vaccine compensation plus $2,915.91 in additional compensation reflected in the stipulation, for a total injury award of $50,915.91. Later fee decisions concerned attorney fees and costs only.
Ms. Sin was represented by Ronald Craig Homer of Conway Homer, P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts.
Theory of causation
Tdap vaccine on July 12, 2018 allegedly causing SIRVA/shoulder injury. COMPENSATED by stipulation, not by admitted causation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, other injury, and sequelae. Public stipulation gives limited clinical detail. Petition filed December 1, 2020; decision by SM Thomas L. Gowen on June 9, 2025. Award $50,915.91 total, including $48,000 vaccine compensation and $2,915.91 additional stipulated compensation. Later fee awards were attorney compensation only. Attorney: Ronald Craig Homer, Conway Homer, P.C.