Ann M. Horgan v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2023)

Ann M. Horgan filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccination received on September 16, 2016.

The petition stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, her injury persisted for more than six months, and she had not previously filed a civil action or received compensation for this injury. Respondent denied that the SIRVA onset occurred within the Table timeframe and denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement. The Chief Special Master adopted the stipulation as the decision awarding damages.

Ann M. Horgan was awarded a lump sum of $47,000.00 for all items of damages available under Section 15(a).

The case was settled as a Table claim, with the stipulation not constituting an admission by the United States that the vaccine caused the injury.