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

Ashleigh Ellis filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 12, 2021, alleging she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 17, 2020. The petition stated that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

The respondent denied that Ms. Ellis sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 17, 2025, agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted the stipulation as his decision. Ms.

Ellis was awarded a lump sum of $30,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the parties reached a settlement on both liability and damages. Petitioner was represented by Jonathan Joseph Svitak of Shannon Law Group, P.C., and respondent was represented by Madylan Yarc of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The decision was issued on July 17, 2025.