Robin Wynne v. HHS - Influenza, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (2021)

Robin Wynne filed a petition on December 8, 2017, alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on October 18, 2015, caused him to develop chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). He further alleged that he suffered residual effects of this injury for more than six months.

The influenza vaccine was listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused or significantly aggravated the petitioner's alleged injury or any other injury, and denied that the petitioner's current disabilities were the result of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation regarding compensation. Special Master Christian J.

Moran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Robin Wynne a lump sum payment of $205,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details of the CIDP, diagnostic tests performed, treatments received, or the specific mechanism by which the vaccine allegedly caused the condition. The attorneys involved were Ronald C.

Homer for the petitioner and Camille M. Collett for the respondent.

The decision was filed on February 9, 2021, and subsequently issued on March 9, 2021.