Pandora Lee Lay v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Pandora Lee Lay filed a petition for compensation on November 28, 2022, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 15, 2019. The respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that the petitioner's alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that she suffered residual effects for more than six months.
Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found that Pandora Lee Lay is entitled to compensation.
The ruling addressed entitlement, and the determination of the damages amount is pending. Petitioner was represented by Laurence L.
Pinkerton of Pinkerton Law, P.C., and the respondent was represented by Parisa Tabassian of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Update: a decision awarding damages filed 2024-03-07 resolved the case for $126,646.