Karen Chadduck v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Karen Chadduck filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 11, 2021. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of her influenza vaccination on October 21, 2019.

The petition stated that her condition had residual effects for more than six months, that there had been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages, and that her vaccine was administered in the United States. The respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury or significantly aggravated a preexisting injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, on August 10, 2023, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation. Special Master Daniel T.

Horner reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Karen Chadduck was awarded a lump sum of $5,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and respondent was represented by Andrew Henning of the U.S.

Department of Justice.