Earl Wayne Harner v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (2018)

Stacy Ragsdale, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Earl Wayne Harner, filed a petition on October 7, 2016, alleging that the influenza vaccine Mr. Harner received on September 28, 2015, caused him to suffer Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

Petitioner further alleged that Mr. Harner's death on May 12, 2016, was a sequela of the vaccine-related injury.

The respondent denied that the vaccine caused or aggravated the injury. Nevertheless, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to compensation.

The court adopted the stipulation, awarding a lump sum payment of $225,000.00 to the Estate of Earl Wayne Harner for all damages available under the program. The decision was issued on May 25, 2018.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical course, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Petitioner counsel was Thomas E.

Schwartz of Holloran Schwartz & Gaertner LLP, and respondent counsel was Meredith B. Healy of the United States Department of Justice.

Special Master Christian J. Moran issued the decision.