Lorraine Suba v. HHS - Pneumococcal, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Lorraine Suba filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 11, 2021, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine she received on February 10, 2020. She also alternatively alleged a claim of causation-in-fact and/or significant aggravation.

Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained SIRVA or that the vaccine caused or aggravated her injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 18, 2023, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

The Chief Special Master adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding Lorraine Suba 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 stipulation was approved as a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages.