Blair Leishman v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

Blair Leishman filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging a Table shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on September 30, 2023. The petition also stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, the injury's residual effects lasted more than six months, and there had been no prior award or settlement for this injury.

Respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. The parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding a lump sum of $39,000.00 for all items of damages. The stipulation also noted that petitioner received a COVID-19 vaccine on the same day, but claims for COVID-19 countermeasures are handled under a separate program.

Petitioner released the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from further claims related to the flu vaccine and waived rights to compensation under the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program for any claims related to the COVID-19 vaccine.