Angela Milam v. HHS - tetanus, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Angela Milam filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 8, 2021, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from a tetanus vaccine received on November 17, 2019. She did not provide any medical history or supporting documentation with her petition.

The court issued an order requiring her to file the necessary documentation, but Ms. Milam failed to respond to repeated attempts by her counsel to contact her and failed to provide the required records.

After issuing an Order to Show Cause, which warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal, and receiving no further response or justification from Ms. Milam, the court dismissed the case for failure to prosecute.

The dismissal was involuntary and with prejudice, as Ms. Milam did not consent to a voluntary dismissal and failed to establish entitlement to compensation due to lack of evidence.