Matthew Wolf v. HHS - Tdap, transverse myelitis (2022)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Emilie Wolf, as personal representative of the estate of Matthew Wolf, deceased, filed a petition on March 6, 2017, alleging that a Tdap vaccine administered on March 17, 2014, caused Matthew Wolf to suffer transverse myelitis (TM) and ultimately led to his death. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused Mr.
Wolf's TM or any other injury or his death. Despite these denials, the parties reached a stipulation for compensation.
The stipulation recommended an award of $25,000.00 to petitioner as the personal representative of Matthew Wolf's estate. Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court, awarding the agreed-upon compensation for all damages.
Judgment was entered based on the stipulation. Petitioner counsel was Ronald Craig Homer.
Respondent counsel was Sarah Christina Duncan.
Theory of causation
Petitioner alleged that a Tdap vaccine administered on March 17, 2014, caused Matthew Wolf to suffer transverse myelitis (TM) and ultimately led to his death. Respondent denied that the Tdap vaccine caused the alleged TM or any other injury or death. The parties reached a stipulation for compensation, agreeing to an award of $25,000.00 for all damages. The Special Master adopted the stipulation. The specific theory of causation, medical experts, clinical details of the TM, or mechanism of injury were not described in the public decision, which was based on a stipulation. The decision was issued by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey on April 25, 2022, based on a stipulation filed March 29, 2022. Petitioner was represented by Ronald Craig Homer and respondent by Sarah Christina Duncan.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-00308