Abigail Lever v. HHS - HPV, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On November 13, 2023, Abigail Lever filed a petition alleging that a human papillomavirus vaccine administered on July 25, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Respondent denied that Ms.
Lever sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the HPV vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The public stipulation does not describe first pain, medical visits, imaging, injections, therapy, or residual limitations.
The parties resolved the case by stipulation. On December 9, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded Ms. Lever $93,500.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account.
Theory of causation
HPV vaccine July 25, 2022 allegedly causing SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, vaccine causation, and sequelae; public stipulation lacks clinical chronology. Award $93,500 lump sum. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; attorney Jeffrey S. Pop; petition November 13, 2023; decision December 9, 2025.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01978