Rochelle Platt v. HHS - Influenza, left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On June 24, 2021, Rochelle Platt filed a petition alleging a left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after an influenza vaccination on October 23, 2020. She alleged residual effects lasting more than six months.
Respondent denied that Ms. Platt sustained a SIRVA Table injury and denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury.
The public compensation decision is a stipulation decision and does not include a detailed treatment chronology, onset analysis, or expert discussion. On July 1, 2025, the parties filed a joint stipulation resolving the case.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and awarded Ms.
Platt $5,000.00 as a lump sum, payable through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. A later March 3, 2026 decision awarded attorney's fees and costs; that later fee decision did not change the $5,000.00 injury-compensation award.