{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250-0","petitioner_identifier":"Joseph Petruzzi","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2018-01-05","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":15000,"decision_date":"2026-01-30","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal09","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 03:25:37","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on January 5, 2018 allegedly causing GBS; adult petitioner, exact age not stated; petitioner died December 20, 2024 while case pending, but respondent denied vaccine causation and denied vaccine-caused death. COMPENSATED by stipulation to estate. Public stipulation lacks onset, hospitalization, testing, treatment, rehabilitation, residual, and death-circumstance detail. Award $15,000 lump sum. SM Thomas L. Gowen; petition March 5, 2020; decision January 30, 2026. Attorney Lawrence R. Cohan.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-03-05","case_summary":"On March 5, 2020, Joseph Petruzzi filed a petition alleging that he developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving an influenza vaccine on January 5, 2018.\n\nMr. Petruzzi died on December 20, 2024, while the case was pending. Dorothy Petruzzi, administratrix of his estate, was substituted as petitioner in September 2025. Respondent denied that Mr. Petruzzi had established Table GBS, denied that the flu vaccine caused GBS or his death, and denied that his condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The public stipulation does not describe his GBS onset date, hospitalization, neurologic testing, treatment, rehabilitation, residual impairments, or circumstances of death.\n\nOn January 30, 2026, Special Master Thomas L. Gowen adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded the estate a lump sum of $15,000.00 for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. Payment was directed through counsel's IOLTA account. The estate was represented by Lawrence R. Cohan of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Thomas L. Gowen","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Lawrence R. Cohan","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky","petitioner_attorney_location":"Philadelphia, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|lawrence-cohan|","firm_canonical_key":"saltz-mongeluzzi-and-bendesky","package_title":"PETRUZZI v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250-0","title":"PETRUZZI v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/30/2026) regarding 68 DECISION on Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (hs) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-03-12","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":428232,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00250-0"}]}