Suzanne Kallin v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On February 3, 2022, Suzanne Kallin filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine received on September 10, 2020. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit.
The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, initially argued that Ms. Kallin was not entitled to compensation because she could not demonstrate pain onset within 48 hours of vaccination, a requirement for a Table SIRVA claim.
Following briefing and a review of the evidence, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a Ruling on Entitlement on November 12, 2024, finding that Ms.
Kallin had established entitlement to compensation. The Special Master determined that Ms.
Kallin's testimony, corroborated by her husband and a coworker, along with her early departure from work on the day of vaccination, provided sufficient evidence of pain onset within the required 48-hour window, despite a delay in formal medical evaluation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical records indicated symptoms consistent with adhesive capsulitis.
The respondent did not raise any other objections to entitlement. Subsequently, on December 20, 2024, the parties filed a Proffer on Award of Compensation.
Ms. Kallin was awarded $30,000.00 in pain and suffering, to be paid as a lump sum check.
The decision was issued by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on December 20, 2024.