Cynthia Stock v. HHS - Influenza, polyneuropathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“AIDP”), Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalopathy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and death (2024)

Victor Stock, as personal representative of the estate of Cynthia Stock, filed a petition for compensation alleging that the influenza and tetanus vaccines Ms. Stock received on November 11, 2017, and November 22, 2017, caused her to suffer from vaccine-induced polyneuropathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), encephalopathy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and ultimately death.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccines caused Ms. Stock's GBS or any other injury or her death.

Despite this denial, the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation to Petitioner. The stipulation stated that Petitioner would receive a lump sum of $110,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court, approving the compensation amount. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with the stipulation, as the parties renounced their right to seek review.