Harriet Papastamatakis v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Harriet Papastamatakis filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 30, 2020, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 2, 2019. She claimed the injury was a Table injury or, alternatively, a cause-in-fact injury, and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.
Respondent denied that Ms. Papastamatakis sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury.
Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on August 13, 2024, agreeing to settle the case. Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision awarding damages.
Ms. Papastamatakis was awarded a lump sum of $50,000.00, representing compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.
The stipulation noted that the award may reflect a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages, and Ms. Papastamatakis released the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from further claims related to the vaccination.