Paul Judge v. HHS - DTaP, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) (2015)

Paul Judge filed a petition on November 14, 2014, alleging that the hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and DTaP vaccines he received on or about June 8, 2012, caused him to develop Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccines caused or aggravated his condition.

Despite this denial, the parties reached a joint stipulation for compensation. The stipulation, which Special Master Christian J.

Moran adopted as the decision of the Court, awarded Paul Judge a lump sum payment of $165,000.00. This amount is intended to compensate for all damages available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, as GBS is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table for the vaccines received, except for the typhoid vaccine. Judgment was entered according to the decision and stipulation.

Petitioner was represented by Mindy Roth of Britcher, Leone & Roth LLC, and respondent was represented by Camille M. Collett of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the onset, specific symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.