M.G. v. HHS - Influenza, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) or MOG antibody disease (2025)

On October 29, 2020, Melissa Greenberg and Richard Greenberg filed a petition on behalf of their minor daughter, M.G. They alleged that M.G. developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) or MOG antibody disease after an influenza vaccine administered on November 8, 2017, with residual effects lasting more than six months.

Respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused M.G.'s alleged ADEM, MOG antibody disease, any other injury, or her current condition. The public compensation decision is a stipulation decision, so it does not provide the detailed clinical timeline, testing, treatment, or expert analysis that would appear in a litigated entitlement ruling.

On January 27, 2025, the parties filed a stipulation resolving the case. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran adopted it on January 28, 2025. The award totaled $135,000.00: $115,000.00 payable to petitioners as guardians/conservators of M.G.'s estate and $20,000.00 payable to petitioners for unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses.

A later March 6, 2026 decision awarded attorney's fees and costs, including expert costs, but that later decision did not alter the injury-compensation award.