A.T. v. HHS - Hepatitis A, autoimmune aplastic anemia (2018)

On November 9, 2015, Amy Taylor, mother of A.T., filed a petition in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on behalf of her minor daughter, A.T. The petition alleged that A.T. suffered from autoimmune aplastic anemia as a result of a hepatitis A vaccine administered on December 10, 2012.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused the alleged injury. On April 20, 2018, the parties filed a stipulation recommending an award of compensation.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation. The total award was $250,531.82.

This amount included a lump sum of $238,175.77 payable to petitioner as guardian(s)/conservator(s) of the estate of A.T. for A.T.'s benefit, and a lump sum of $12,356.05 payable to Amy Taylor. The stipulation also provided for an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract.

The court entered judgment in accordance with the stipulation. Petitioner was represented by Richard Gage of Richard Gage, P.C., and respondent was represented by Camille Collett of the U.S.

Department of Justice. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific medical tests, treatments, or the mechanism of causation.