Ashlee M. Hong v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Ashlee M. Hong filed a petition for vaccine compensation on March 14, 2025, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccination on August 26, 2020.
Ms. Hong claimed the injury resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months.
The respondent denied that Ms. Hong sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her alleged left shoulder injury.
Despite these differing positions, the parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.
Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms. Hong a lump sum of $62,500.00 for all damages.
This amount is intended to compensate for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The decision was issued on April 17, 2025.
Petitioner was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop of Jeffrey S.
Pop & Associates, and Respondent was represented by Alexa Roggenkamp of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The public decision does not describe the specific onset, symptoms, medical tests, or treatments related to Ms. Hong's alleged injury, nor does it name any medical experts.
Theory of causation
Petitioner Ashlee M. Hong received an influenza vaccine on August 26, 2020, and alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) with residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent denied a SIRVA Table injury and causation. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case, agreeing to an award of $62,500.00 for all damages. The case proceeded as a Table claim, though entitlement was contested by the respondent. The public decision does not detail the specific mechanism of injury, medical experts, or evidence presented, but adopts the stipulation as the basis for the award. The decision was issued by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on April 17, 2025. Petitioner's counsel was Jeffrey S. Pop, and Respondent's counsel was Alexa Roggenkamp.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00198