Leyla Dagach-Imbarack v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Bell’s palsy (2015)

Leyla Dagach-Imbarack filed a petition on September 22, 2015, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Petitioner alleged that she suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Bell's palsy as a result of an influenza vaccine received on October 4, 2012, and that these vaccine-related injuries lasted more than six months.

The respondent denied that the influenza vaccination caused petitioner's conditions. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation. The award included a lump sum payment of $5,689.43 to satisfy a State of Florida Medicaid lien, payable jointly to Leyla Dagach-Imbarack and the Agency for Health Care Administration.

Additionally, a lump sum of $125,200.00 was awarded to Leyla Dagach-Imbarack for all other damages. The decision also addressed attorney's fees and costs, awarding a total of $10,971.51 as a lump sum, payable jointly to petitioner and her counsel, Anne Toale of Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA.

This amount was intended to cover all legal expenses incurred in the matter. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of causation.