Samuel Beyer v. HHS - Influenza, right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Samuel Beyer filed a petition for vaccine compensation on January 5, 2021, alleging a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 22, 2019. He claimed the injury was a Table injury or, in the alternative, a causation-in-fact injury.
The respondent denied that Mr. Beyer sustained a SIRVA or that the vaccine caused his injury.
Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on January 26, 2024, agreeing to a settlement. Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision of the court. Mr.
Beyer was awarded $98,500.00 as compensation for all items of damages. The stipulation also addressed future proceedings for attorneys' fees and costs.
Petitioner was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop of Jeffrey S.
Pop & Associates, and respondent was represented by Bridget Corridon of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Samuel Beyer alleged a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 22, 2019. He claimed the injury was a Table injury or, alternatively, a causation-in-fact injury. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA, that the vaccine caused the alleged shoulder injury, or that the current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement, and Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision. The award was $98,500.00 as compensation for all items of damages. Petitioner was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop, and respondent was represented by Bridget Corridon. The public decision does not describe the specific mechanism of injury, expert testimony, or detailed clinical findings.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00101