{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01201","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01201-0","petitioner_identifier":"Abeje Schnake","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2015-10-07","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Miller-Fisher Variant","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":60502,"decision_date":"2019-11-15","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:09:12.085156+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":2,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Abeje Schnake received an influenza vaccine on October 7, 2015, and also a meningococcal conjugate vaccine on the same day. She alleged she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Miller-Fisher Variant, which she claimed was a Table injury or caused-in-fact by the vaccines, resulting in inpatient hospitalization and surgical intervention. Respondent denied a Table injury and denied that the vaccines caused the GBS or its residual effects, also denying surgical intervention and residual effects lasting over six months. The parties reached a joint stipulation for settlement. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey awarded $3,000.00 lump sum to petitioner, $57,502.04 for a Medicaid lien reimbursement, and an annuity contract for future damages totaling $61,559.71 in specific lump sum payments on future dates. The total immediate award was $60,502.04. Petitioner was represented by Jerome A. Konkel, and respondent by Sarah Christina Duncan. The decision was issued on November 15, 2019, based on the stipulation.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2018-08-14","case_summary":"Abeje Schnake filed a petition for vaccine compensation on August 14, 2018, alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Miller-Fisher Variant as a result of an influenza vaccine received on October 7, 2015. She also received a meningococcal conjugate vaccine on the same day. Petitioner alleged her injury resulted in inpatient hospitalization and surgical intervention. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a GBS Table injury or that the vaccines caused her condition, and further denied that the condition resulted in surgical intervention or residual effects lasting more than six months. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to a settlement. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation as the decision of the Court. The award included a lump sum of $3,000.00 payable to the petitioner, a lump sum of $57,502.04 to reimburse a Medicaid lien, payable jointly to petitioner and Optum, and an amount to purchase an annuity contract for future damages. The annuity contract was to provide specific lump sum payments on September 16 of 2020, 2021, and 2022, totaling $61,559.71. The total compensation awarded was $60,502.04 in immediate payments, plus the annuity. Petitioner was represented by Jerome A. Konkel of Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C., and respondent was represented by Sarah Christina Duncan of the U.S. Department of Justice. The decision was based on the joint stipulation, and the parties agreed that the stipulation represented a full and complete negotiated settlement of liability and damages, except for attorneys' fees and litigation costs, which were to be determined in further proceedings.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Abeje Schnake","petitioner_attorney_name":"Jerome A. Konkel","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Samster","petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:45:22","attorney_canonical_keys":"|jerome-konkel|","firm_canonical_key":"samster","package_title":"SCHNAKE v. 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