Lisa Crider v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”) (2016)

Lisa Crider filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 9, 2014, alleging she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 5, 2011. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused petitioner's GBS or any other injury.

The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation as the decision of the court.

Under the terms of the stipulation, Lisa Crider was awarded a total of $330,000.00. This amount included a lump sum of $300,000.00, paid as a check to the petitioner, and an additional amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract for future damages.

The annuity contract was to provide monthly payments of $1,054.43 for twelve years certain, increasing at two percent compounded annually. The decision also addressed attorney's fees and costs.

A separate stipulation for attorney's fees and costs was filed on November 20, 2015. The court awarded $30,000.00 for attorney's fees and costs, to be paid as a check jointly to petitioner Lisa Crider and her counsel, John Howie, Jr. of Howie Law, P.C.

The decision adopting the damages stipulation was issued on March 23, 2016, and the decision on attorney's fees and costs was also issued on March 23, 2016. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, or treatments related to Ms.

Crider's alleged GBS.