W.T.M. v. HHS - MMR, cerebrovascular incident (2015)

Michael and Catherine McNulty filed a petition on July 18, 2013, on behalf of their minor child, W.T.M. They alleged that the child received inactivated polio (IPV), diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (Dtap), varicella, and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines on or about June 14, 2012.

The petition alleged that these vaccines caused a cerebrovascular incident, and that the child experienced residual effects for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccines caused the alleged injury or any other condition.

Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages and attorneys' fees and costs. Special Master Thomas L.

Gowen reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the court. The parties waived their right to seek review of the decision.

Compensation was awarded as follows: a lump sum of $425,000.00 for all damages, payable to petitioners as guardians of W.T.M.'s estate, and a lump sum of $35,135.53 for attorneys' fees and costs, jointly payable to petitioners and their attorney, Mark L. Krueger of Krueger & Hernandez, S.C.

The total award was $460,135.53. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests performed, treatments received, or the specific mechanism of injury.

The decision does not name any expert witnesses.