Shirley Ragland v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

On February 12, 2024, Shirley Ragland filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on November 10, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that Ms.

Ragland had no prior left-shoulder pain or dysfunction, that pain occurred within 48 hours after vaccination, that pain was limited to the vaccinated shoulder, that no other condition explained it, and that residual effects lasted more than six months. The public entitlement and damages decisions do not describe her day-to-day clinical course beyond those Table findings.

Chief Special Master Corcoran found entitlement on April 30, 2025. On November 24, 2025, he awarded $61,604.93: $60,000.00 for pain and suffering, $1,566.93 to satisfy a Dean Health Plan lien for Wisconsin Medicaid, and $37.96 to satisfy a State of Wisconsin Medicaid lien.