Katie Danso-Danquah v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Katie Danso-Danquah filed a petition on December 22, 2020, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. She alleged that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following a Tdap vaccine received on February 10, 2020, and that the residual effects of this injury persisted for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the petitioner suffered 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 sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, on July 31, 2023, the parties submitted a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation.

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

Pursuant to the stipulation, Ms. Danso-Danquah was awarded a lump sum of $45,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details of the injury, diagnostic tests performed, treatments received, or the mechanism of injury. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and Respondent was represented by Amanda Pasciuto of the U.S.

Department of Justice.