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

Marie Tyler filed a petition for vaccine compensation on January 12, 2021, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine she received on October 1, 2018. She claimed to have sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA), which is a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.

Tyler alleged that the flu vaccine caused her SIRVA and that she suffered residual effects for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Tyler sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Marie Tyler a lump sum of $30,000.00 for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This award represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the United States does not admit that the flu vaccine caused Tyler's alleged SIRVA or any other injury.