Nadine Cory v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Nadine Cory filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 7, 2021. She alleged that she suffered a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on October 7, 2020.

Petitioner claimed this was a Table Injury and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months. The respondent denied that the vaccine caused her injury or that she sustained a Table SIRVA injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on July 16, 2025, agreeing to a settlement. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the court's decision. The decision awarded Nadine Cory a lump sum of $5,500.00 for all items of damages, to be paid through an ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement.

This amount represents compensation for her SIRVA, a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The case was resolved through this stipulation, avoiding further litigation on the merits of causation.

Petitioner was represented by Bridget Candace McCullough of Muller Brazil, LLP, and the respondent was represented by Mary Novakovic of the U.S. Department of Justice.