Debbie H. Savage v. HHS - Influenza, SIRVA with infection and septic arthritis alleged as sequelae (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On September 21, 2022, Debbie H. Savage filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 23, 2020 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.
The stipulation also described alleged infection and septic arthritis as sequelae of the alleged Table injury. Respondent denied that Ms.
Savage sustained onset of a SIRVA Table injury within the Table period, denied that she sustained the alleged infection or septic arthritis within the Table, and denied that the vaccine caused the alleged injuries or any other injury. The public stipulation decision does not describe her onset, infection workup, septic arthritis treatment, shoulder treatment, or functional impact.
On January 21, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation.
Ms. Savage received $85,011.70 as a lump sum payable to her, plus $4,186.89 payable jointly to her and the State of Oklahoma Health Care Authority for reimbursement of a Medicaid lien, for total injury compensation of $89,198.59.
A later August 21, 2025 decision addressed attorneys' fees and costs only.
Theory of causation
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine October 23, 2020; alleged SIRVA with infection and septic arthritis sequelae. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table onset, infection/septic arthritis Table status, causation, and sequelae; public merits text lacks clinical chronology. Award $89,198.59 = $85,011.70 petitioner + $4,186.89 Oklahoma Medicaid lien. SM Corcoran January 21, 2025. Petition filed September 21, 2022.