Erika Gray v. HHS - HPV, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Erika Gray, as the natural guardian and legal representative of her minor son G.G., filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 31, 2023. G.G. allegedly suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a direct and proximate cause of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine he received on March 30, 2022.

The petition stated that G.G. received the vaccine in the United States and suffered residual effects of the SIRVA for more than six months. The respondent denied that the HPV vaccine caused G.G.'s alleged Table SIRVA or any other injury.

Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 18, 2024, agreeing to settle the issues and award compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision. The award included a lump sum of $1,000.00 for unreimbursable expenses, payable to Erika Gray, and $19,000.00 to purchase an annuity contract for G.G.

The annuity contract will provide annual payments of $5,331.41 for four years certain, beginning May 28, 2027. These amounts represent compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

The decision was entered on January 22, 2025. Petitioner was represented by Nancy Routh Meyers of Turning Point Litigation, and respondent was represented by Elizabeth Andary of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, or treatments G.G. received.