Daniel Reed v. HHS - Influenza, transverse myelitis and partial Brown-Sequard syndrome (2021)

Daniel Reed filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Program on August 29, 2019, alleging that an influenza vaccine he received on October 10, 2017, caused him to suffer transverse myelitis and partial Brown-Sequard syndrome. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccine caused his alleged injuries.

Despite maintaining their respective positions, the parties reached a stipulation for award. Special Master Thomas L.

Gowen adopted the stipulation, awarding Daniel Reed $200,000.00 as a lump sum to compensate for all damages. This award was made without the respondent conceding that the vaccine caused the injury, but rather to settle the case.

The decision was entered on September 8, 2021. The public decision does not describe the petitioner's counsel, respondent's counsel, the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.

The specific mechanism of causation was not detailed in the public decision.