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

Debra White filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 30, 2024, alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on September 21, 2023, caused her to develop a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report on April 11, 2025, conceding that Ms.

White was entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that her injury was consistent with a SIRVA, a condition listed in the Vaccine Injury Table, and that she had suffered residual effects for more than six months.

The respondent also confirmed that all other legal requirements for compensation under the Act had been met. On April 24, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran issued a ruling on entitlement, finding Ms. White entitled to compensation.

Subsequently, on July 14, 2025, the parties filed a stipulation and proffer on the award of compensation. The respondent proffered an award of $99,000.00 for pain and suffering, to which Ms.

White agreed. Chief Special Master Corcoran issued a decision on August 26, 2025, awarding Ms.

White a lump sum payment of $99,000.00 for pain and suffering. This amount was to be paid through an ACH deposit to her counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Ms.

White. Petitioner was represented by Bradley S.

Freedberg, and respondent was represented by Lynn Christina Schlie. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury beyond it being a SIRVA.