Juanita Artman v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On May 10, 2021, Juanita Artman filed a petition alleging that a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccination administered on September 2, 2020 caused a Table SIRVA, or alternatively caused a shoulder injury in fact. She later amended the petition on September 16, 2022.
Respondent denied that Ms. Artman sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine sequela.
The public stipulation decision does not describe her first symptom, onset interval, treatment, imaging, therapy, or functional limitations. Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the stipulation on March 14, 2025. Ms.
Artman received $12,500.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. A later September 11, 2025 decision addressed attorneys' fees and costs only.
Theory of causation
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine September 2, 2020; alleged Table SIRVA/off-Table shoulder injury. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, residual effects, and sequelae; public merits text lacks clinical chronology. Award $12,500.00 lump sum. SM Corcoran March 14, 2025. Petition filed May 10, 2021; amended September 16, 2022.