Khair M. Issa v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Khair M. Issa filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 2, 2022, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on September 16, 2020.

Mr. Issa is an adult petitioner who received a single flu vaccine.

The respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused the alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these differing positions, the parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Mr.

Issa a lump sum of $25,000.00 as compensation for all damages. This award represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages.

The case proceeded as a Table claim. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and Respondent was represented by Joseph Adam Lewis of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The decision was issued on April 12, 2024.