Holly Young v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On April 23, 2020, Holly Young filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 4, 2017 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Some public filings also refer to her as Holly Tigges.
Entitlement was found on August 5, 2021. The damages record treated the injury as substantially affecting her daily life and earning capacity and included life-care planning by Staci L.
Schonbrun. The damages ruling included actual and projected pain and suffering, lost wages, past expenses, first-year future expenses, and future life-care needs funded by an annuity.
On December 9, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran entered a final damages decision awarding a $494,297.32 lump sum plus an amount sufficient to purchase a life-contingent annuity for future life-care expenses.
The lump sum included $200,000.00 in actual pain and suffering, $19,330.86 in projected pain and suffering, $264,570.00 in projected lost wages, $3,477.07 in actual unreimbursed expenses, and $6,919.39 in first-year projected expenses.
Theory of causation
Influenza vaccine October 4, 2017 causing SIRVA; adult exact age not stated. COMPENSATED. Entitlement August 5, 2021. Damages December 9, 2025: $494,297.32 lump sum = $200,000.00 actual pain/suffering + $19,330.86 projected pain/suffering + $264,570.00 projected lost wages + $3,477.07 actual expenses + $6,919.39 first-year projected expenses, plus life-contingent annuity for future life care. Life-care planner Staci L. Schonbrun. Petition filed April 23, 2020.