Bonnie McKirdy v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

On September 30, 2021, Bonnie McKirdy filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Act. She alleged that she suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 14, 2019.

She pleaded the injury as a Table SIRVA or, in the alternative, as a vaccine-caused injury-in-fact, and stated that the residual effects lasted more than six months. The public decision and stipulation contain only limited clinical detail.

They do not describe the exact onset, examination findings, imaging, injections, physical therapy, or other treatment course. What the source documents do show is that respondent denied that Ms.

McKirdy sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current disabilities were sequelae of a vaccine-related injury. Despite those denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on March 24, 2026 resolving the case as a negotiated settlement.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran reviewed the record, found the stipulation reasonable, and adopted it as the decision of the Court on March 25, 2026.

The settlement was not an admission by the United States or the Secretary that the flu vaccine caused a shoulder injury, current disability, or any Table injury. The award was a lump sum of $16,500.00, payable through an ACH deposit to petitioner's counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Ms.

McKirdy. The stipulation also preserved the parties' ability to address attorneys' fees and costs separately.

Ms. McKirdy was represented by David John Carney of Green & Schafle LLC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.