Luz Roa v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (2023)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Luz Roa filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from a Tdap vaccine she received on May 30, 2019. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.
Roa sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury. Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation for settlement.
The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms. Roa a lump sum of $93,000.00.
This amount is intended to compensate for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case was filed on December 30, 2020, and the decision awarding compensation was issued on December 18, 2023.
The stipulation noted that the Tdap vaccine is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table and that Ms. Roa alleged her injury lasted more than six months.