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

Selma Taylor 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 12, 2020. She claimed the SIRVA was a Table injury and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Ms. Taylor sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged SIRVA or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Taylor a lump sum of $30,641.28. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties stipulated to the award amount.