Samantha Denby v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (2025)

Samantha Denby filed a petition for vaccine compensation on December 4, 2023, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 9, 2020. She claimed SIRVA as a Table injury and also alleged causation-in-fact.

Respondent denied that Ms. Denby sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged injury.

Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on June 24, 2025, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision.

Ms. Denby was awarded a lump sum of $36,000.00 for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This amount is to be paid through an ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement. The stipulation also noted that the parties would submit to further proceedings for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

The settlement represents a compromise of liability and damages, and the United States does not admit that the flu vaccine caused Ms. Denby's alleged SIRVA or any other injury.