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

Samira Belarbi filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 3, 2018. She alleged that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and/or other injuries caused-in-fact by the vaccine, with residual effects lasting more than six months.

The respondent denied that Ms. Belarbi sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other condition.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The Chief Special Master adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding Ms.

Belarbi a lump sum of $45,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the program. This award represents a negotiated settlement of liability and damages, and the parties released the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from further claims related to this vaccination.