Gertrude Brown v. HHS - SIRVA, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Gertrude Brown filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from hepatitis A, meningococcal, and polio vaccines received on March 4, 2020. She also received a Typhoid vaccination and a Yellow Fever vaccine on the same date.

Respondent denied that Ms. Brown sustained a Table injury for SIRVA, denied that the vaccines caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Brown a lump sum of $22,500.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The parties agreed that this stipulation represents a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages claimed under the Act, and that it is not an admission by the United States or the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the vaccines caused Ms. Brown's alleged shoulder injury or any other injury.