Gina Brigner v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Gina Brigner filed a petition for vaccine compensation on July 9, 2025, alleging she suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccination received on August 14, 2023. She claimed the injury was a Table injury and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury or that it constituted a SIRVA Table injury. Despite these differing positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on July 8, 2025, agreeing to settle the case.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Gina Brigner a lump sum of $15,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. This amount was to be paid through her counsel's IOLTA account.

The decision noted that the stipulation represented a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages, and it was not an admission by the United States that the vaccine caused the injury.