{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365-0","petitioner_identifier":"Stephen Knowles","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2015-09-17","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":495000,"decision_date":"2016-09-26","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T02:49:12.111064+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine (September 17, 2015) alleged to cause Guillain-Barre Syndrome with residual effects more than six months. COMPENSATED by joint stipulation. Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused any injury; public stipulation contains limited clinical facts despite large award. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation on September 26, 2016. Award: $495,000.00 lump sum payable to Stephen Knowles for all section 15(a) damages. Attorney: Renee J. Gentry, Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2016-03-21","case_summary":"On March 21, 2016, Stephen Knowles filed a Vaccine Program petition after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 17, 2015. He alleged that the flu shot was followed by Guillain-Barre Syndrome and that the residual effects lasted more than six months.\n\nThe public decision was entered on a joint stipulation and does not provide a hospitalization, testing, treatment, or rehabilitation timeline. It does show that Knowles attributed GBS to the September 2015 influenza vaccination, while respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused any injury.\n\nThe parties filed a joint stipulation on September 21, 2016. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found it reasonable and adopted it on September 26, 2016. Knowles was awarded a lump sum of $495,000.00, payable to him, representing all damages available under section 15(a). He was represented by Renee J. Gentry of the Vaccine Injury Clinic at George Washington University Law School.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Renee J. Gentry","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School","petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|renee-gentry|","firm_canonical_key":"vaccine-injury-clinic-george-washington-university-law-school","package_title":"KNOWLES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365-0","title":"KNOWLES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 09/26/2016) regarding 24 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2016-12-01","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":3661838,"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-00365/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00365-1","title":"KNOWLES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/21/2016) regarding 31 DECISION of Special Master - Fees (Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2017-03-02","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}