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Who is Matthew F. Belanger?

Matthew F. Belanger is a petitioner attorney with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Office of Special Masters, who represents petitioners in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The VICP Registry shows 63 petitions filed by Matthew F. Belanger between 2015 and 2026.

How many VICP cases has Matthew F. Belanger filed?

Matthew F. Belanger has filed 63 petitions in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program according to the VICP Registry. Of these, 57 resulted in compensation, for an overall compensation rate of 90%.

What is Matthew F. Belanger's VICP compensation rate?

Matthew F. Belanger's overall compensation rate across all VICP petitions is 90% (57 compensated cases out of 63 total).

What is the total amount awarded in cases filed by Matthew F. Belanger?

Cases filed by Matthew F. Belanger have resulted in $8.1M in total compensation awards from the U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. This figure reflects only awards visible in published Court of Federal Claims decisions; settlements with non-public terms are not included.

What types of vaccine injury cases does Matthew F. Belanger typically handle?

Based on case data in the VICP Registry, Matthew F. Belanger's practice includes SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration), Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), among other vaccine-related conditions. The full case history is available on this page.

What law firm is Matthew F. Belanger associated with?

Matthew F. Belanger has been associated with Faraci Lange, LLP, Faraci and Lange, LLP, Faraci Lang, LLP in cases filed under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Matthew F. Belanger, VICP Petitioner Attorney

Filed	Decided	Petitioner	Attorney	Firm	Age at Vaccination	Vaccine	Condition	Outcome	Special Master	Award
2022-05-06	2026-02-11	Kathryn T. Ward	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$75,607
2024-12-30	2026-01-21	Renita Carapella	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	tetanus, diphtheria, and acell	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$53,450
2023-10-11	2026-01-05	M.Z.O.	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	11.0y	tetanus, diphtheria, and acell	right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIR	entitlement_granted_pending_damages	Brian H. Corcoran	–
2024-12-06	2025-12-08	Mary Carafos	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$105,980
2024-06-12	2025-10-20	Linda C. Culliton	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$115,700
2025-07-23	2025-08-25	McKenzie R. Miller	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	entitlement_granted_pending_damages	Brian H. Corcoran	–
2025-02-13	2025-03-17	Eric P. Rast	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré syndrome	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$100,000
2019-12-09	2025-01-28	Maria Cristina Nargi	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	57.0y	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$61,530
2023-08-17	2024-11-05	Linda Orbanac	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre syndrome	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$90,000
2024-09-23	2024-10-25	Mary Ann Locke	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$30,000
2021-01-13	2024-09-16	Jill McAndrew	Kathryn Lee Bruns, Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$55,000
2022-11-10	2024-07-30	Susann Frink	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	Td	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$110,000
2023-04-26	2024-05-06	Jennel L. Palermo	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$52,885
2024-02-09	2024-04-01	Aiman Al-Hiyari	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré Syndrome	entitlement_granted_pending_damages	Brian H. Corcoran	–
2023-02-06	2024-03-22	Matthew J. Koehler	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$102,500
2019-10-28	2024-01-02	Richard Parsons	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$91,416
2023-01-23	2023-12-12	Edward L. Aman	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré syndrome	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$141,617
2021-08-25	2023-09-05	Dr. Michelle Perez	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$210,461
2020-07-29	2023-08-28	Tawana T. Morrison	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$25,000
2021-11-05	2023-08-02	Angelina M. Lombardo	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	Tdap	infected inflammatory granulomatous lesion and abscess	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$46,820
2021-04-19	2023-07-05	Jessica Willey Delles	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$57,990
2021-02-08	2023-06-13	Paul Bishop	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	Tdap	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$56,402
2021-01-06	2023-05-02	John I. Devey, III	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$70,000
2023-03-15	2023-04-17	Michele Nunziata	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	Tdap	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$45,000
2021-03-17	2023-04-17	Douglas S. Yaw	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$51,505
2021-02-08	2023-04-13	Abraham Scott	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$30,000
2021-01-12	2023-02-03	Marlene Sutliff	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$48,200
2021-01-26	2023-01-25	Corinne O’Sullivan-Bradley	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$39,000
2020-09-21	2023-01-03	Wilson V. Rivera	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	pneumococcal conjugate	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Katherine E. Oler	$15,000
2021-09-24	2022-11-16	George Grace	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$100,979
2021-04-16	2022-10-07	Brooke Offhaus	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$99,633
2020-04-27	2022-07-28	Erin Callahan	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$10,000
2020-11-18	2022-05-04	Rita A. Parks	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	Tdap	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$69,344
2020-05-07	2022-04-22	Tracy Kilmartin	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$40,000
2019-11-15	2022-02-23	Thomas Joseph Grandinetti	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Thomas L. Gowen	$37,500
2020-02-24	2021-08-13	Rina Schnaufer	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lang, LLP	–	Hepatitis A	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$108,456
2019-03-05	2021-07-20	Richard G. Doble	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy	compensated	Thomas L. Gowen	$130,000
2021-01-15	2021-05-24	Frank Poleto	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$159,435
2020-12-11	2021-02-05	Colleen M. McNerney	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	inflammatory granulomatous lesions	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$40,000
2019-03-13	2021-01-08	Diana R. Hecht	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	left shoulder injury	entitlement_granted_pending_damages	Nora Beth Dorsey	–
2020-08-28	2020-12-14	Gary J. Hudeck	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$354,797
2019-02-19	2020-12-04	Rene M. Cundra	Matthew Belanger	Faraci and Lange, LLP	–	Tdap	Guillain-Barré syndrome	compensated	Katherine E. Oler	$117,500
2020-03-02	2020-08-12	Georgie Fletcher	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$352,251
2019-06-10	2020-07-14	Michael J. McFall	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$103,614
2019-02-26	2020-05-26	Stephen Burrittdeath	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$375,000
2020-03-02	2020-04-22	Michael J. Periard	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$1,137,068
2020-03-05	2020-04-06	Suzanne Kenyon	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$20,000
2018-01-03	2020-01-13	Ingrid M. Larish	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRV	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$100,666
2018-11-07	2020-01-07	Kathleen Mahardy	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$127,021
2018-01-08	2019-09-24	Donald A. Barrett	Matthew Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre syndrome and GBS-caused chronic inflammatory	compensated	Mindy Michaels Roth	$407,622
2018-05-08	2019-08-21	Kimberly J. Little	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$147,253
2019-03-22	2019-06-05	Daniel J. Holding	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barre Syndrome	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$106,524
2019-04-03	2019-04-29	Cynthia S. Simon	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	vasculitis	compensated	Laura D. Millman	$70,000
2018-09-25	2018-10-29	Deborah Whitt	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	left-sided shoulder injury related to vaccine administration	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$75,000
2017-03-27	2018-10-24	Jeffrey M Shur	Matthew Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$67,500
2017-05-31	2018-08-21	Catherine W. Viega	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	Tdap	left shoulder injury	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$81,877
2017-07-12	2018-01-26	Christen Terrore	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$95,000
2017-11-28	2017-12-21	Vanetta Parshall	Matthew Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)	dismissed	Christian J. Moran	–
2017-11-16	2017-12-12	Carl J. Colopietro	Matthew Belanger	Faraci Lange LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré Syndrome	dismissed	Thomas L. Gowen	–
2014-09-23	2017-03-02	Paula F. Holland	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”) and GBS-caused chronic infla	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$916,741
2015-12-07	2017-01-10	Diane C. Perl	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (“SIRVA”)	compensated	Nora Beth Dorsey	$100,000
2015-01-20	2015-07-27	Louis Danni	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré syndrome	compensated	Denise K. Vowell	$163,621
2013-11-13	2015-06-26	Patricia K. Patterson	Matthew F. Belanger	Faraci Lange, LLP	–	influenza	Guillain-Barré syndrome (“GBS”)	compensated	Brian H. Corcoran	$500,000

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Matthew F. Belanger — Petitioner Attorney, U.S. Vaccine Court

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