Robert M. Curry v. HHS - DTaP, persistent muscular and joint pain and disability (2014)

Robert M. Curry filed a petition on April 7, 2014, alleging that he received a Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular-Pertussis (DTaP) vaccine on June 14, 2010.

Mr. Curry alleged that he subsequently suffered an allergic autoimmune reaction manifesting as persistent muscular and joint pain and disability, which he claimed was caused by the vaccination.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the DTaP vaccine caused Mr. Curry's alleged injuries or any other injury or disability.

The parties reached a joint stipulation for damages, which Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted as the decision of the court. The stipulation awarded Mr.

Curry a lump sum of $130,000.00, payable to him, as compensation for all available damages under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). The court approved this amount, and judgment was to be entered in accordance with the stipulation, as both parties renounced the right to seek review.

Thomas K. Brown represented the petitioner, and Claudia B.

Gangi represented the respondent. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests performed, treatments received, or the specific mechanism of causation.