Veronica Platt v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On October 3, 2023, Veronica Platt filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on December 13, 2021 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She alleged residual effects lasting more than six months.
Respondent denied that Ms. Platt sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused the alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of vaccination.
The public stipulation decision does not describe her first symptom, onset interval, medical examinations, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limits. The parties resolved the case by joint stipulation.
On March 26, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and awarded Ms.
Platt $100,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. A later September 11, 2025 decision addressed attorneys' fees and costs only.
Theory of causation
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine December 13, 2021; alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, and sequelae; public merits text lacks clinical chronology. Award $100,000.00 lump sum. SM Corcoran March 26, 2025. Petition filed October 3, 2023.