D.A. v. HHS - Varicella, febrile seizures that led to positioned asphyxia and death (2018)

On January 27, 2016, Sarah and Kristopher Ammons filed a petition on behalf of their deceased minor child, D.A., seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The petition alleged that D.A. suffered from febrile seizures that led to positioned asphyxia and death as a result of childhood vaccinations received on July 11, 2014.

The vaccinations included Varicella, Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (TDaP), and Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR). The respondent denied that the vaccinations caused D.A.'s seizures or death.

Despite maintaining their positions, both parties agreed to settle the case through a stipulation filed on July 9, 2018. Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it to be reasonable, adopting it as the decision. The stipulation awarded Petitioners a lump sum of $60,000.00 as compensation for all damages.

The decision was entered on September 19, 2018. The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details of the seizures or asphyxia, any medical tests performed, or treatments administered.

The specific mechanism of causation was not detailed in the public decision. Petitioner counsel was Jeffrey S.

Pop, and respondent counsel was Ryan Daniel Pyles.