Sherry F. Mitchell v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

On December 22, 2020, Sherry F. Mitchell filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Act after receiving an influenza vaccination on December 22, 2019.

She alleged that the vaccination caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration and that the residual effects of the injury lasted for more than six months. The Secretary denied that Ms.

Mitchell suffered a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused any other injury, and denied that any vaccine-related condition caused continuing sequelae. The public stipulation does not describe the precise onset, medical visits, imaging, injections, therapy, or other clinical treatment for the shoulder injury; it records the parties' legal agreement rather than a detailed medical narrative.

On September 10, 2025, the parties filed a stipulation resolving the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Ms.

Mitchell was awarded a lump sum of $95,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under section 15(a), payable by ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. She was represented by Thomas Verner Smith of the Law Office of T.

Verner Smith in Jackson, Tennessee.