Jessica Puckett v. HHS - MMRV, seizures (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On December 11, 2020, Jessica Puckett filed a petition on behalf of her minor child, E.P., alleging that DTaP and MMRV vaccines administered on December 14, 2017 caused seizures. Respondent denied that the vaccines caused E.P.'s seizures and denied that any current condition was a vaccine-related sequela.
The public stipulation does not state E.P.'s exact age, the first seizure description, emergency care, EEG or imaging results, antiseizure treatment, developmental course, or residual limitations. On April 16, 2025, Special Master Herbrina D.
S. Young adopted the parties' stipulation.
The known immediate cash components were $2,750.00 for first-year life-care expenses payable to Ms. Puckett as guardian or conservator and $4,728.39 for past unreimbursed expenses payable to Ms.
Puckett personally. The stipulation also called for annuity purchases described in the stipulation, but the dollar amounts for those annuities were not available in the extracted public text.
A later fee decision awarded attorney's fees and costs, separate from injury compensation.
Theory of causation
DTaP and MMRV vaccines on December 14, 2017 allegedly causing seizures in minor E.P.; exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied causation and vaccine-related sequelae; public text lacks seizure onset/EEG/imaging/treatment/developmental-detail chronology. Known cash award $7,478.39 ($2,750 first-year life-care expenses + $4,728.39 unreimbursed expenses) plus annuity purchases not dollar-specified in extracted text. SM Herbrina D. S. Young; petition December 11, 2020; decision April 16, 2025.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01833