April Chesnutt-Kriss v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury (2024)

April Chesnutt-Kriss filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 14, 2023, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury from an influenza vaccine received on October 26, 2020. She claimed this was an on-Table injury.

However, Petitioner did not file any supporting documentation with her petition. Despite being ordered to do so, she failed to submit the required documents for over a year.

On April 25, 2024, Petitioner filed a motion to dismiss her own case, stating that an investigation of the facts and science demonstrated she would be unable to prove entitlement to compensation. The Chief Special Master granted the motion, finding that Petitioner failed to establish entitlement due to insufficient proof and the admission that she could not prove her case.

Consequently, the case was dismissed, and judgment was entered against Petitioner.