Elizabeth Bacon v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Elizabeth Bacon filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from influenza and Tdap vaccines received on November 11, 2020. The respondent initially denied that the vaccines caused her alleged shoulder pain or any other injury, and contested that a Table SIRVA occurred within the Table timeframe.

However, the parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case. Pursuant to the stipulation, the court awarded Elizabeth Bacon a total of $78,500.06.

This amount includes a lump sum of $75,000.00 payable to Petitioner and $3,500.06 to satisfy an Optum Medicaid lien from the State of Louisiana. This compensation covers all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The parties also agreed to submit to further proceedings for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.