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

Tiffany Madrid filed a petition for vaccine compensation on December 3, 2020, alleging she suffered right shoulder weakness and pain after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 18, 2018. Petitioner stated she received the vaccine in the United States and experienced residual effects for more than six months.

She also stated that neither she nor any other party had filed a civil action or received compensation for her alleged vaccine-caused injury. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Madrid sustained a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on September 14, 2022, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as his decision.

Pursuant to the stipulation, Ms. Madrid was awarded a lump sum of $42,000.00, payable by check to Petitioner.

This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. The decision was issued on September 15, 2022.

Petitioner was represented by James K. Powers of McGee & Powers, P.A., and Respondent was represented by Mary Eileen Holmes of the U.S.

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

Madrid underwent. The case proceeded as a Table claim for SIRVA.