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

Alice Thierfelder filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 10, 2022, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on October 8, 2021. She stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, her SIRVA symptoms persisted for more than six months, and she had not filed any other action or received compensation for this injury.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on August 21, 2024, agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Alice Thierfelder a lump sum of $82,500.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

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