In other words, firms that manufacture vaccines are not liable if someone has an allergic response or harm after being vaccinated. “The damage to petitioner’s left shoulder was caused by the administration of her October 3, 2012, flu vaccine,” according to a choice by the court that led to her May award. Since 2011, the government has paid about $18 million to 112 Sirva victims—more than half of those in the past yr. Twenty cases are pending, and dozens are fielded by lawyers every month, an increase attributed to the rising number of immunizations and increased consciousness of Sirva in part because of attorneys dedicated to vaccine-related claims.