Sharon Brown v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On December 29, 2023, Sharon Brown filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on January 28, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The stipulation notes that she also received a COVID-19 vaccine on the same day.
Respondent denied that Ms. Brown sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged SIRVA or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine-related sequela.
The public decision does not describe onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limits. On September 12, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded $27,500.00 through counsel's IOLTA account.
Theory of causation
Influenza vaccine January 28, 2022 allegedly causing SIRVA; same-day COVID-19 vaccine also noted; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, and sequelae; public text lacks clinical detail. Award $27,500. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition December 29, 2023; decision September 12, 2025.