{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069-0","petitioner_identifier":"Brian Patterson","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2011-11-10","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":320000,"decision_date":"2015-03-02","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T03:13:21.385496+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner alleged that Brian Patterson received an influenza vaccine on November 10, 2011, and a Tdap vaccine on December 28, 2011, which caused Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and ultimately his death on February 15, 2012. Respondent denied causation. The parties reached a joint stipulation for damages, awarding the estate $320,000.00. The public decision does not detail the specific theory of causation, medical experts, or the mechanism by which the vaccines allegedly caused GBS. The decision was entered on March 2, 2015, by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey, with petitioner represented by Ronald Craig Homer and respondent by Julia Wernett McInerny.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":"2012-02-15","petition_filed_date":"2014-01-27","case_summary":"On January 27, 2014, Frances Patterson, administrator of the estate of Brian Patterson, filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Initially, the petition concerned a tetanus-diphteria-acellular-pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. On October 7, 2014, the petition was amended to include an influenza (flu) vaccine administered on November 10, 2011, and a Tdap vaccine administered on December 28, 2011. The amended petition alleged that these vaccines caused Brian Patterson to develop Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which ultimately led to his death on February 15, 2012. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap and/or flu vaccines caused Brian Patterson's alleged GBS, any other injury, or his death. Despite this denial, the parties reached a joint stipulation for damages, which was filed on February 9, 2015. Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Brian Patterson's estate a lump sum of $320,000.00, payable to petitioner as the legal representative of the estate, as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). The decision was entered on March 2, 2015, following the parties' agreement to forgo review. Ronald Craig Homer represented the petitioner, and Julia Wernett McInerny represented the respondent. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details of the GBS, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the specific mechanism of causation.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Ronald Craig Homer","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, PC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Boston, MA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|ronald-homer|","firm_canonical_key":"conway-homer","package_title":"PATTERSON v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069-0","title":"PATTERSON v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/09/2015) regarding 27 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (tlj) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2015-03-02","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":1349495,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069/USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_14-vv-00069-1","title":"PATTERSON v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/23/2015) regarding 49 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (mbl) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2015-11-17","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}