Cathleen Washington v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Cathleen Washington filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 11, 2021, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine she received on October 23, 2019. She claimed the vaccine was administered in the United States and that she experienced residual effects of her condition for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Ms. Washington sustained a Table SIRVA injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 19, 2023, agreeing to settle the case. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Washington a lump sum of $20,000.00 as compensation for all damages. This amount represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages.

The decision was issued on January 19, 2024.