{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-0","petitioner_identifier":"Jody Madala","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2016-10-11","condition_raw":"acute renal failure and/or Goodpasture’s syndrome","condition_category":"other","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2024-05-29","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal43","extracted_at":"2026-05-05 00:26:54","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":0,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on October 11, 2016, adult exact age not stated, alleged to cause acute renal failure and/or Goodpasture's syndrome. DISMISSED. Petitioner Jody Madala pursued an off-Table renal/autoimmune theory; respondent disputed causation. Special Master Dorsey dismissed the petition on May 29, 2024. Later 2025 supplemental material concerns attorneys' fees and costs only. No injury compensation awarded.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2019-08-13","case_summary":"Jody Madala filed a petition alleging her October 11, 2016, influenza vaccination caused her to develop acute renal failure and/or Goodpasture's syndrome. The respondent argued against compensation, stating the case was not appropriate for compensation under the Act. The court agreed, finding that Madala failed to provide sufficient evidence that the flu vaccination caused her condition. The parties agreed that Madala suffers from anti-GBM disease/Goodpasture's syndrome, but disputed the onset and causation. Madala presented medical records and expert reports from Dr. Carl S. Goldstein and Dr. Gourang P. Patel, who opined that the flu vaccine was a significant contributing factor. However, the court found their theories lacked a sound and reliable mechanism explaining how the flu vaccine could cause Goodpasture's syndrome, noting that the etiology of the disease is largely unknown and that theories for other vasculitic conditions could not be extrapolated. The court also found that the reported onset of symptoms within 24 hours of vaccination was too soon to be medically plausible for this condition. Respondent's experts, Dr. George Jarad and Dr. Arnold I. Levinson, argued that Madala's experts failed to provide a biological mechanism and that the temporal relationship was not medically acceptable. Ultimately, the court dismissed the petition, finding Madala failed to prove causation by a preponderance of the evidence.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Nora Beth Dorsey","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Heather Marie Schneider","petitioner_attorney_firm":"The Locks Law Firm","petitioner_attorney_location":"Philadelphia, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|heather-schneider|","firm_canonical_key":"locks","package_title":"MADALA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-0","title":"MADALA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 5/29/2024) regarding 115 DECISION of Special Master. Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (kis) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2024-06-24","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":477973,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-1","title":"MADALA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 7/28/2025) regarding 121 DECISION of Special Master - Fees. Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (mjf) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-08-25","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-cl-extra-11126756","title":"Madala v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","docket_text":"Supplementary opinion from CourtListener cluster 10660169","date_issued":"2025-08-25","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"CL supplement: Madala v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01182-cl-extra-11126756"}]}