Ann-Margaret Venditti v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Ann-Margaret Venditti filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 27, 2020. She further alleged that the sequelae of her injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent denied that Ms. Venditti sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was 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.

Venditti a lump sum of $40,000.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the damages. The decision was issued on September 26, 2024, following the petition filed on January 8, 2021.