Miranda Starratt-Chobert v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On October 9, 2024, Miranda Starratt-Chobert filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on November 2, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Respondent denied that she sustained a Table SIRVA, denied vaccine causation, and denied that her current condition was a vaccine-related sequela.
The public stipulation does not provide the treatment chronology, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional course. On January 22, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded a lump sum of $85,000.00 for all Vaccine Act damages.
Theory of causation
Influenza vaccine November 2, 2023 allegedly causing SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, causation, and sequelae; public text lacks clinical detail. Award $85,000. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition October 9, 2024; decision January 22, 2026.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01610