Joy Bent v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Joy Bent filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on November 29, 2019. She claimed residual effects of the injury for more than six months.

Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her condition. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Joy Bent a lump sum of $5,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages. This amount represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages.

The decision was issued on October 27, 2023, following the petition filed on January 8, 2021. Joy Bent also received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the same day as the flu shot.