{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091-0","petitioner_identifier":"J.M.","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2014-09-26","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":75000,"decision_date":"2017-04-24","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T04:51:32.681374+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioners alleged that the influenza vaccine administered on September 26, 2014, caused J.M. to develop Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with residual effects lasting over six months. The respondent denied causation. The parties entered into a stipulation to resolve the case, agreeing to an award of $75,000.00 for all damages. The stipulation stated that it was a full and complete settlement of liability and damages, but not an admission of causation by the respondent. The theory of causation was based on the Vaccine Injury Table. Special Master Laura D. Millman adopted the stipulation and awarded the compensation on April 24, 2017. Attorneys for petitioners and respondent are not named in the provided text. No specific medical experts or detailed clinical information regarding J.M.'s condition, onset, symptoms, tests, or treatments were described in the public text.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2016-01-19","case_summary":"Jason and Elysia McDunn, on behalf of their minor son J.M., filed a petition for vaccine compensation on January 19, 2016. They alleged that J.M. received an influenza vaccine on September 26, 2014, and subsequently developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with residual effects lasting over six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused J.M.'s GBS. The parties reached a stipulation to resolve the matter informally. Special Master Laura D. Millman reviewed the stipulation and found its terms to be reasonable. The court adopted the stipulation and awarded J.M. a lump sum of $75,000.00 for all damages, to be paid to petitioners as legal representatives of J.M. The stipulation stated that it was a full and complete settlement of liability and damages claimed under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, but it did not constitute an admission by the United States that the flu vaccine caused J.M.'s GBS. The parties also agreed to further proceedings to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. The decision was issued on April 24, 2017.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"Laura D. Millman","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_firm":null,"petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":null,"firm_canonical_key":null,"package_title":"MCDUNN et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091-0","title":"MCDUNN et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/24/2017) regarding 35 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Special Master Laura D Millman. (tlf) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2017-05-26","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":595588,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00091-1","title":"MCDUNN et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/22/2017) regarding 43 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master Laura D Millman. (tlf) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2017-09-18","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}