Ronald Dean Cummings v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) (2019)

Ronald Dean Cummings filed a petition for vaccine compensation on November 17, 2017, alleging that he suffered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccine he received on September 23, 2016. The respondent denied that Mr.

Cummings sustained a Table GBS injury or any injury from the vaccine. Despite these positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on September 26, 2019, agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

The Special Master adopted the stipulation, awarding Mr. Cummings a lump sum of $97,000.00 for all damages.

This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case was settled as a Table claim, and the parties released all claims related to the alleged vaccine injury.

Petitioner was represented by Temple Witt Cabell of Cabell Law Firm, P.C., and the respondent was represented by Robert Paul Coleman, III of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The decision was issued by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.