What this is

A searchable index of cases filed under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The database covers petitions filed from 1988 to the present, including case outcomes, compensation amounts, vaccines at issue, and alleged injuries.

The goal is to make public court records more accessible to researchers, attorneys, petitioners, and the general public. Every case in this database is a matter of public record.

How it works

Case documents are downloaded from public government sources. An AI model (Google Gemini) then extracts structured data — petitioner name, vaccine, alleged injury, outcome, compensation amount, and decision date — from the raw court text. Case summaries are also AI-generated from the source documents.

High-volume or contested cases receive additional human review and correction. The pipeline is actively maintained and cases are updated as corrections are identified. For full data provenance, processing details, and known limitations, see the methodology page.

Accuracy & limitations

AI extraction is imperfect. Compensation amounts, dates, and case outcomes may contain errors, particularly for older or complex cases. Case summaries are AI-generated and may omit or mischaracterize facts from the source documents.

Always verify important information against the original source documents, linked on each case page. If you spot an error, corrections are welcome.

Independence & funding

This registry is independently operated by Stefan Snell. It receives no funding from government agencies, advocacy organizations, vaccine manufacturers, plaintiff law firms, or trade associations. Operating costs — AI extraction compute, hosting, and data storage — are covered out of pocket. The site carries no advertising, no third-party trackers beyond first-party server logs, and no commercial sponsors.

Optional reader contributions via Ko-fi help offset compute costs and keep the registry free of paywalls. They confer no editorial influence.

Corrections & editorial policy

Corrections are welcome and prioritized. If a case page contains a factual error — wrong vaccine, incorrect outcome, miscoded condition, or a summary that mischaracterizes the underlying decision — flag it via the contact above. Verified errors are corrected on a rolling basis, typically within days, and the underlying source documents always remain linked from each case page so any reader can audit the original.

The data is refreshed from upstream public sources on a continuous schedule. New decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims typically appear in the registry within 1–4 weeks of publication on GovInfo.gov.

Contact

Reach the maintainer via LinkedIn or X / @not_stefan0.

Data sources

• GovInfo.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office — primary source for case documents and filings from the Court of Federal Claims.
• CourtListener Free Law Project — cross-referenced for published opinions and docket data.
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims Public PACER records — original filings, decisions, and stipulations.