K.H. v. HHS - Influenza, limbic encephalitis (2014)

Leslie Hao, on behalf of her minor child K.H., filed a petition on December 1, 2014, alleging that K.H. developed limbic encephalitis and related sequelae as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine on October 4, 2011. The petition further alleged that K.H. experienced residual effects of the injury for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the flu vaccination caused K.H.'s alleged medical condition or any other injury. Nevertheless, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation.

Special Master Thomas L. Gowen approved the stipulation, awarding K.H. a lump sum of $150,000.00 for all damages and an additional $2,630.29 for reasonable and necessary expenses paid by the petitioner.

The decision was entered based on this stipulation, with judgment expedited by the parties renouncing the right to seek review. Petitioner counsel was Ronald C.

Homer, and respondent counsel was Darryl R. Wishard.