G.R. v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On September 20, 2023, G.R. filed a petition seeking compensation for a shoulder injury related to a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccination. The public record is internally inconsistent on the vaccination date: the decision text refers to November 19, 2021, while the attached stipulation and payment clause identify the Tdap vaccination as administered on November 16, 2021.
Respondent denied that G.R. sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, denied that she suffered residual effects for more than six months, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine sequela. The public stipulation decision does not describe symptom onset, medical examinations, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the parties' stipulation on December 30, 2024.
G.R. received $60,000.00 as a lump sum payable to her for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. A later September 17, 2025 decision addressed attorneys' fees and costs only.
Theory of causation
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine date inconsistent in public text (decision says November 19, 2021; stipulation/payment clause says November 16, 2021); alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, residual effects, and sequelae; public merits text lacks clinical chronology. Award $60,000.00 lump sum. SM Corcoran December 30, 2024. Petition filed September 20, 2023.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01621