Pamela Lewis-Nunez v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Pamela Lewis-Nunez filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 17, 2020. She also received a pneumococcal vaccine on the same day.
Lewis-Nunez claimed the SIRVA was a Table injury and that she experienced its residual effects for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Lewis-Nunez sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her alleged injury.
Despite these differing positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation to settle the case. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Lewis-Nunez a lump sum of $7,250.00 for all damages.
This award represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages. The stipulation also addressed future proceedings for attorneys' fees and costs.