Deborah Sullivan-Davis v. HHS - Influenza, right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On December 2, 2024, Deborah Sullivan-Davis filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Act, and she amended it on January 29, 2025. She alleged that an influenza vaccine administered on October 18, 2023 caused a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.
She stated that the vaccine was given in the United States, that the residual effects lasted more than six months, and that she had not received another civil award or settlement for the injury. The public stipulation contains limited clinical detail.
It does not describe onset, range-of-motion findings, imaging, injections, physical therapy, surgery, or other treatment. What it does show is that respondent denied that Ms.
Sullivan-Davis sustained a Table SIRVA and denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged right shoulder injury, any other injury, or her current condition. The parties nevertheless filed a joint stipulation on January 5, 2026.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the Court's decision the same day.
The award was a lump sum of $31,000.00, payable through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Ms. Sullivan-Davis, and represented all damages available under Section 15(a).
A later March 24, 2026 decision awarded attorneys' fees and costs separately, but that later award was not vaccine-injury compensation.