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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01484
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01484
Petitioner: Mitzi Lee
Filed: 2020-10-28
Decided: 2025-11-10
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2018-11-11
Condition: acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) / Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and Bell's palsy
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On October 28, 2020, Mitzi Lee filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on November 11, 2018 caused acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a form of Guillain-Barre syndrome, and Bell's palsy. The public entitlement ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not state her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, stating that Ms. Lee satisfied the criteria in the revised Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation and had met the legal prerequisites for compensation. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found entitlement on April 19, 2021.

The live staging text also includes a later public damages docket entry originally filed on November 10, 2025, indicating that a damages decision awarded compensation, but the extracted text for that later PDF contains page headers without the body of the decision. Because the damages reasoning and dollar amount are not readable in the staged text reviewed, this redo preserves the source-supported compensated status but does not invent an award breakdown.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine November 11, 2018; Table AIDP/GBS with Bell's palsy. COMPENSATED. Respondent conceded in Rule 4(c) report that petitioner met revised Table/QAI criteria and legal prerequisites. CSM Corcoran found entitlement April 19, 2021. Later damages decision docket was originally filed November 10, 2025, but extracted body text is unavailable/page headers only, so no source-supported damages breakdown was added. Petition filed October 28, 2020.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01484-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-05-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/19/2021) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01484-UNJ Document 18 Filed 05/24/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1484V
UNPUBLISHED
MITZI LEE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 19, 2021
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
HUMAN SERVICES, Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating
Respondent. Polyneuropathy (AIDP); Bell’s Palsy;
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS);
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Laurie Wiesner, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On October 28, 2020, Mitzi Lee filed a petition for compensation under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the “Vaccine
Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered acute inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy (AIDP), a form of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), and Bell’s Palsy which
was caused in fact by the influenza vaccine she received on November 11, 2018. Petition
at 1, ¶¶ 2, 12. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccination in the United
States, that she suffered the residual effects of her GBS for more than six months and
that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or received compensation for
her GBS, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 13-15. The case was assigned to the
Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
1 Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required
to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-Government Act
of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa
(2012).

Case 1:20-vv-01484-UNJ Document 18 Filed 05/24/21 Page 2 of 2
On April 19, 2021, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1.
Specifically, Respondent believes “that [P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in
the revised Vaccine Injury Table (Table) and the Qualifications and Aids to interpretation
(QAI).” Id. at 8. Respondent further agrees that “based on the current record, [P]etitioner
has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01484-1
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-11
Pages: 16
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 11/10/2025) regarding 62 DECISION of Special Master Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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