Nicholas Buneo v. HHS - Tdap, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) (2015)

Nicholas Buneo filed a petition alleging that he suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) caused by a Tdap vaccine he received on August 31, 2010. He claimed to have experienced residual effects from the injury for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused Mr. Buneo's GBS or any other injury, and denied that his current disabilities were sequelae of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties reached a stipulation to resolve the matter informally. Special Master Laura D.

Millman adopted the stipulation and awarded Mr. Buneo $218,000.00 in compensation for all damages, to be paid via check.

A separate decision, also based on a stipulation, awarded $9,450.00 for attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to petitioner and Calli, Calli, and Cully, and $400.00 for petitioner's costs, payable to petitioner. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the mechanism of causation.