Sophia Banks v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On July 13, 2023, Sophia Banks filed a petition alleging SIRVA from an influenza vaccination administered on December 22, 2021. She later filed amended petitions.
Respondent conceded entitlement on January 29, 2025, stating that the claim was consistent with Table SIRVA because Ms. Banks had no relevant prior shoulder history, pain occurred within 48 hours, symptoms were limited to the vaccinated shoulder, no alternative condition explained the symptoms, and the residual effects lasted more than six months.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement on January 31, 2025.
The parties then filed a joint stipulation rather than a separate damages proffer. On May 28, 2025, the Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and awarded $104,256.26 as a lump sum through counsel for Ms.
Banks. The public stipulation does not include a detailed treatment chronology, but it states that the award resolved all damages available under the Vaccine Act for the SIRVA claim.
Theory of causation
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine December 22, 2021; Table SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation after respondent conceded no prior shoulder history, onset within 48 hours, symptoms limited to injected shoulder, no alternative cause, and >6 months residual effects. Entitlement January 31, 2025; damages/stipulation May 28, 2025. Award $104,256.26. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran. Petition filed July 13, 2023.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01074