Vijay Patel v. HHS - Tdap, Guillain-Barré syndrome (2015)

Vijay Patel filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on May 2, 2012, alleging that he suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and related complications as a result of receiving a Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused Mr.

Patel's GBS. Despite maintaining their respective positions, both parties agreed to settle the case.

On March 25, 2015, they filed a stipulation proposing an award of $290,000.00 for all damages, plus an additional $2,907.67 to satisfy a New York Medicaid lien. Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as his decision and awarding the compensation. Subsequently, on August 3, 2015, the parties filed another stipulation proposing an award of $27,534.96 for attorney's fees and costs.

Mr. Patel represented that he incurred no reimbursable costs.

Special Master Corcoran also approved this stipulation, ordering that the award be made in the form of a check payable jointly to Petitioner and his counsel, Anne Carrion Toale. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details, or expert testimony.