{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462-0","petitioner_identifier":"Leonard E. Smith","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2016-09-28","condition_raw":"transverse myelitis","condition_category":"transverse_myelitis","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":160000,"decision_date":"2020-01-24","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T00:57:05.216355+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine (September 28, 2016) alleged to cause transverse myelitis. COMPENSATED by joint stipulation. Respondent denied that the flu immunization caused the injury; public stipulation decision contains limited clinical facts and no onset/testing/treatment/expert narrative. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation on January 24, 2020. Award: $160,000.00 lump sum payable to Leonard E. Smith for all section 15(a) damages. Attorney: Nancy Meyers, Ward Black Law, Greensboro, NC.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2018-03-28","case_summary":"On March 28, 2018, Leonard E. Smith filed a Vaccine Program petition after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 28, 2016. He alleged that the vaccine caused transverse myelitis.\n\nThe public decision was entered on a joint stipulation and contains limited clinical detail. It identifies the vaccine, date, and alleged transverse myelitis, but it does not describe onset, spinal imaging, laboratory testing, treatment, or expert analysis. Respondent denied that the influenza immunization caused Smith's injury. The parties nevertheless agreed to resolve the case by stipulation, leaving the public record with the core legal and compensation facts but not a detailed medical narrative.\n\nThe parties filed a joint stipulation on January 24, 2020. Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted it that day and awarded a lump sum of $160,000.00, payable to Leonard Smith, representing all damages available under section 15(a). Judgment was directed in accordance with the stipulation. Smith was represented by Nancy Meyers of Ward Black Law in Greensboro, North Carolina.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Mindy Michaels Roth","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Nancy Meyers","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Ward Black Law","petitioner_attorney_location":"Greensboro, NC","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|nancy-meyers|","firm_canonical_key":"ward-black-law","package_title":"SMITH v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462-0","title":"SMITH v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/24/2020) regarding 31 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (mw) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2020-02-18","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":687023,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00462-1","title":"SMITH v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 07/07/2020) regarding 38 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (nh) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2020-08-10","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}