John Bayles v. HHS - Influenza, brachial neuritis (2023)

On March 23, 2018, John Bayles filed a petition for compensation alleging that the influenza vaccine he received on March 17, 2017, caused him to suffer from brachial neuritis, with symptoms persisting for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused the petitioner's condition.

The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation to resolve the case. Special Master Christian J.

Moran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as the decision of the Court. The stipulation awarded Mr.

Bayles a lump sum of $75,000.00, payable by check, as compensation for all damages. The court directed that judgment be entered according to this decision and the stipulation, unless a motion for review was filed.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. Leah VaSahnja Durant represented the petitioner, and Joseph Adam Lewis represented the respondent.