Keysha Ellis v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Keysha Ellis filed a petition for vaccine compensation on January 12, 2024, alleging a shoulder injury following an influenza vaccination received on December 13, 2019. She claimed to have suffered residual effects of the injury for more than six months.
The respondent denied that Ms. Ellis sustained a SIRVA Table injury, that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, or that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.
Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.
Ellis a lump sum of $14,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages. This amount represents a settlement of liability and damages claimed under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.
The case proceeded as a Table claim, with the injury being shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA).