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

Vanessa Baker filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 11, 2021, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccination received on October 27, 2018. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Baker sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on October 3, 2023, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision. Ms.

Baker was awarded a lump sum of $35,000.00 payable to her, and an additional $1,657.41 to satisfy a Washington State Medicaid lien, payable jointly to Ms. Baker and the Washington State Health Care Authority.

These amounts represent compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the award amount.