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Entitlement granted by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey on August 6, 2018; damages awarded October 16, 2018. Award: $152,417.48 lump sum ($150,000.00 actual/projected pain and suffering + $2,417.48 past unreimbursable expenses). Attorneys: Ann Mayhew Golski and Brenton Aaron Elswick, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Washington, DC.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2017-09-07","case_summary":"On September 7, 2017, Michael Napolitano filed a Vaccine Program petition after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 22, 2016. He alleged that the vaccine caused Guillain-Barre Syndrome.\n\nRespondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed August 3, 2018. The report stated that medical personnel at the Division of Injury Compensation Programs reviewed the petition and medical records and that Napolitano satisfied the Vaccine Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation criteria for GBS. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey granted entitlement on August 6, 2018. The public ruling does not provide additional clinical detail about onset or treatment.\n\nRespondent filed a damages proffer on October 12, 2018, and Napolitano agreed. On October 16, 2018, Chief Special Master Dorsey awarded a lump sum of $152,417.48, payable to Napolitano. The award consisted of $150,000.00 in actual and projected pain and suffering and $2,417.48 in past unreimbursable expenses. 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