Mary Ellen Lyons v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (“GBS”) and chronic immune demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) (2020)

Mary Ellen Lyons filed a petition for compensation on March 20, 2018, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on September 29, 2016, caused her to develop Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic immune demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and that she suffered residual effects for more than six months. The respondent denied that the vaccine caused GBS, CIDP, or any other injury, and denied that her current disabilities were a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation for compensation. Special Master Christian J.

Moran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. The decision awarded Mary Ellen Lyons a lump sum payment of $160,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all damages.

The decision was filed on February 28, 2020. Petitioner counsel was Ronald C.

Homer & Meredith Daniels of Conway, Homer, P.C., and respondent counsel was Glenn A. MacLeod of the United States Department of Justice.

The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.