Virginia Kindberg v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome and transverse myelitis (2024)

Virginia Kindberg filed a petition alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on October 1, 2018, caused her to suffer from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and transverse myelitis (TM), and that these injuries lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Kindberg sustained a Table injury of GBS, denied that the flu vaccine caused her GBS and/or TM, and denied that the vaccine caused any other injury or her current condition.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to an award of compensation to Kindberg. The stipulation stated that Kindberg would receive a lump sum of $107,500.00 as compensation for all damages.

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 both parties renounced the right to seek review.