Alice Rivera v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On December 21, 2020, Alice Rivera filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 26, 2019 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit.
The parties resolved the case through a joint stipulation. Respondent did not concede vaccine causation in the public stipulation, and the decision does not provide a detailed medical chronology, imaging findings, injection history, therapy course, or expert analysis.
On February 10, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and awarded Ms.
Rivera $135,000.00 as a lump sum, payable through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. Earlier interim attorney-fee proceedings were separate from the injury-compensation award.