Jill Savage v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Jill Savage filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 18, 2022, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 16, 2021. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms.
Savage's alleged injury was 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 issued a ruling on entitlement on December 12, 2023, finding Ms. Savage entitled to compensation.
Subsequently, on February 14, 2024, Chief Special Master Corcoran issued a decision awarding damages. The parties had stipulated to the award amount, which was detailed in the respondent's Proffer on Award of Compensation filed on February 13, 2024.
Ms. Savage was awarded a total of $46,749.43, comprising $45,000.00 for pain and suffering and $1,749.43 for past unreimbursable expenses.
This award was to be paid as a lump sum check payable to Ms. Savage.
Petitioner's counsel was Maximillian J. Muller of Muller Brazil, LLP, and respondent's counsel was Camille Michelle Collett of the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Theory of causation
Jill Savage filed a petition on October 18, 2022, alleging SIRVA following an influenza vaccine administered on October 16, 2021. The respondent conceded that the injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that residual effects lasted more than six months. This case proceeded as a Table claim. No specific medical experts were named in the provided text. The Special Master found entitlement based on the respondent's concession. A subsequent decision on March 18, 2024, awarded $46,749.43, consisting of $45,000.00 for pain and suffering and $1,749.43 for past unreimbursable expenses, as a lump sum payable to the petitioner. Petitioner's counsel was Maximillian J. Muller, and respondent's counsel was Camille Michelle Collett. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran presided over the entitlement ruling and the final award decision.
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