Lee Ann Carey v. HHS - Pneumococcal, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Lee Ann Carey filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on September 22, 2020. She alleged that she suffered residual effects of the SIRVA for more than six months.

Respondent denied that Ms. Carey sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision.

Ms. Carey was awarded a lump sum of $25,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The decision was based on a joint stipulation, and the court approved the compensation amount. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties agreed to settle the issues of liability and damages.