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

Aaron LaBelle filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on February 23, 2023, alleging he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on December 17, 2020. Mr.

LaBelle claimed the injury was a Table injury and that he experienced residual effects for more than six months. The respondent denied that Mr.

LaBelle sustained a Table SIRVA injury or that the vaccine caused his alleged shoulder injury. Despite these differing positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision.

The decision awarded Mr. LaBelle a lump sum of $7,500.00, payable by check to Petitioner.

This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The decision was entered on November 4, 2024.

Petitioner was represented by Scott William Rooney of Nemes, Rooney, P.C., and Respondent was represented by Mary Novakovic of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.