Jessica R. Martin v. HHS - DTaP, transverse myelitis (2017)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On March 11, 2016, Jessica R. Martin filed a petition on behalf of her minor daughter, KM, alleging that KM developed transverse myelitis (TM) as a result of receiving the diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib), pneumococcal conjugate (PCV), and rotavirus vaccines on August 23, 2013.
Petitioner further alleged that KM suffered residual effects of the injury for more than six months. Respondent denied that the vaccines caused KM's transverse myelitis.
The parties reached a joint stipulation, and on October 23, 2017, Special Master Christian J. Moran issued a decision finding the stipulation reasonable and adopting its terms.
KM was awarded a lump sum of $250,000.00 for all compensable damages, $9,500.00 for past unreimbursable expenses, and a life-contingent annuity with initial monthly payments of $990.12, increasing at three percent annually. Petitioner was represented by Dan W.
Bolton, III, and respondent was represented by Voris E. Johnson, Jr.
The public decision does not describe the onset, specific symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or the mechanism of injury.