John Ryng v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) (2014)

John Ryng filed a petition on August 29, 2013, alleging that a flu vaccination received on October 20, 2011, caused him to develop Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and that he experienced residual effects of his injuries for more than six months. The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused petitioner's GBS or any other injury.

The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation on May 2, 2014, to settle the case. Special Master Thomas L.

Gowen reviewed the stipulation and adopted it as the decision of the court. Under the terms of the stipulation, the respondent agreed to pay the petitioner a lump sum of $160,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).

Additionally, the respondent agreed to pay a lump sum of $3,568.29 for attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioner and Merle Marmelstein, as representative and administratrix of the estate of the petitioner's former counsel, David E. Marmelstein, Esq.

A further lump sum of $4,970.00 was agreed upon for attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioner and his attorney, Pamela Levin Cameron, Esq. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.

The decision was not published, and parties had 14 days to identify and move to delete medical or other information.