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Petition filed June 10, 2021; decision by SM Thomas L. Gowen on May 8, 2025. Award $45,000 lump sum; later fee awards were attorney compensation only. Attorney: Paul A. Green, Law Office of Paul Green, Pasadena CA.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2021-06-10","case_summary":"Kathleen Mangotich filed a petition on June 10, 2021, alleging that Tdap and/or meningococcal vaccines administered on June 16, 2020, caused Miller Fisher-Guillain-Barre syndrome. The public merits resolution is a stipulation and does not describe the full clinical course of her neurologic illness.\n\nRespondent denied that Ms. Mangotich's alleged GBS or residual effects were caused-in-fact by the Tdap or meningococcal vaccines, and denied that the vaccines caused any other injury or current condition. The case involved substantial attorney work and interim fee proceedings before the final stipulation.\n\nSpecial Master Thomas L. Gowen adopted the stipulation on May 8, 2025. 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