Adam Jack Kinder v. HHS - Influenza, optic neuritis (2016)

Adam Jack Kinder filed a petition on October 16, 2015, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on October 3, 2014, caused him to develop optic neuritis. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccination caused or aggravated the petitioner's alleged injury or any other injury, and denied that the petitioner's current disabilities were the result of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court.

The stipulation provided that Adam Jack Kinder would receive a lump sum of $25,000.00, payable to him, as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). The decision was entered on August 9, 2016.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the specific mechanism of injury. Petitioner counsel was William E.

Cochran, Jr. of Black McLaren et al., PC, and respondent counsel was Darryl R. Wishard of the United States Department of Justice.