Holly C. Hicks v. HHS - Hepatitis A, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Holly C. Hicks filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of a hepatitis A vaccine she received on December 8, 2021.

She further alleged that she suffered residual symptoms of her injury for more than six months. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the hepatitis A vaccine caused her alleged SIRVA or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision.

Holly C. Hicks was awarded a lump sum of $45,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.