Jo Hahn v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (2025)

Jo Hahn filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on June 13, 2025, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on January 20, 2022. She claimed the injury resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Hahn sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated her injury, and denied that her condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on July 21, 2025, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The stipulation stated that the flu vaccine is on the Vaccine Injury Table and that Ms.

Hahn alleged sustaining a SIRVA within the Table's time period. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Jo Hahn a lump sum of $110,000.00.

This amount represents compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The parties also agreed to submit to further proceedings for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.