Angel Davis v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (2014)

Angel Davis filed a petition on December 11, 2013, alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on December 16, 2010. She further alleged that she experienced residual effects from the injury for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her GBS or any other injury. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation for damages, which Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted.

The decision, entered on November 3, 2014, awarded Angel Davis a total of $81,167.06. This amount comprised a lump sum of $67,500.00 for all damages, a lump sum of $5,000.00 to satisfy a Medicaid lien from the State of Illinois, and a lump sum of $8,667.06 for attorney's fees and costs, payable jointly to petitioner and her attorney, Mark Krueger.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of causation.