Leah Jeanene Polaske v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) (2021)

Leah Jeanene Polaske, an adult, received an influenza vaccine on January 18, 2017. She later filed a petition for compensation alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a condition on the Vaccine Injury Table, caused by the flu vaccine.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused Ms. Polaske's GBS or her death.

The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding a total of $248,721.57.

This amount included $125,000.00 as a lump sum payment to the estate of Leah Jeanene Polaske and $123,721.57 to satisfy a Medicaid lien for vaccine-related services. Ms.

Polaske died on January 31, 2019, and her estate's administrator, Jeffrey Polaske, was substituted as the petitioner. The case was settled as a Table claim, with the stipulation not constituting an admission of causation by the respondent.