{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515-0","petitioner_identifier":"Kristiyana D. Smith","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2008-10-21","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":1435953,"decision_date":"2018-06-18","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T03:13:12.397696+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Flu vaccine Oct 21, 2008 → GBS + MG + death (alleged sequela). Kristiyana Smith died May 6, 2015 (during litigation). Mercy Shaver administrator substituted. Joint stipulation May 21, 2018; respondent denied causation; SM Gowen. $1,435,953.47 ($245K estate + $1,190,953.47 CA DHCS Medicaid lien). All DB fields correct.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":"2015-05-06","petition_filed_date":"2010-08-05","case_summary":"Kristiyana D. Smith filed a petition on August 5, 2010, alleging that an influenza vaccine she received on October 21, 2008 caused her to develop Guillain-Barré syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis, and that her death was a sequela of those vaccine-related injuries. Ms. Smith passed away on May 6, 2015, and the case caption was amended on November 23, 2015. Mercy Shaver was appointed administrator of Ms. Smith's estate and was substituted as petitioner.\n\nOn May 21, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation. Respondent denied that the vaccine caused Ms. Smith to suffer from GBS, MG, any other injury, or her death. Nevertheless, the parties agreed to resolve the case through stipulation, and Special Master Gowen found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Compensation totaling $1,435,953.47 was awarded: a lump sum of $245,000.00 payable to petitioner as legal representative of the estate of Kristiyana D. Smith, representing all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a) other than the Medicaid lien; and a lump sum of $1,190,953.47 payable jointly to petitioner and the California Department of Health Care Services, representing reimbursement of a Medicaid lien for services rendered on behalf of Ms. Smith.","is_minor_inferred":null,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Thomas L. Gowen","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Franklin John Caldwell, Jr","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Maglio, Christopher & Toale","petitioner_attorney_location":"Sarasota, FL","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|franklin-caldwell|","firm_canonical_key":"maglio-christopher-and-toale","package_title":"Shaver v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515-0","title":"Shaver v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/22/2018) regarding 135 DECISION of Special Master on Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (kl) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2018-06-18","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":625531,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515/USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_10-vv-00515-1","title":"Shaver v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/22/2019) regarding 143 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (jm) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2019-03-12","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}