Kathleen Ceccarelli v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Kathleen Ceccarelli filed a petition for vaccine compensation after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 27, 2019. She alleged that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) within the Table time period and suffered residual effects for more than six months.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as her decision. Ms.

Ceccarelli was awarded a lump sum of $25,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. This award represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the parties agreed that it was not an admission by the United States that the flu vaccine caused her injury.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the award amount.