Dean Piermattei v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2024)

Dean Piermattei filed a petition on April 24, 2020, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. He alleged that he suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a result of an influenza vaccination he received on September 26, 2018.

The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused petitioner's alleged GBS and/or CIDP, or any other injury, and denied that his current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, both parties agreed to settle the issues and award compensation.

Special Master Katherine E. Oler reviewed the file and adopted the parties' stipulation as her decision.

The stipulation awards a lump sum of $85,000.00, payable to Petitioner, as compensation for all damages. Petitioner was represented by Lawrence R.

Cohan of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, and Respondent was represented by Katherine Esposito of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The decision was issued on January 2, 2024.