Annie Murphy v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

Annie Murphy filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 19, 2021. She claimed the injury was a defined Table injury or, in the alternative, a caused-in-fact injury.

Ms. Murphy also alleged she received the vaccine in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had not filed any other civil suits or received other compensation for the alleged vaccine-related SIRVA.

Respondent denied that Ms. Murphy sustained a SIRVA, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 11, 2026, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages.

Ms. Murphy was awarded a lump sum of $55,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.