{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347-0","petitioner_identifier":"Linda Johnson, surviving spouse and legal representative of the estate of Joseph Johnson, Sr.","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2021-01-11","condition_raw":"acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and death","condition_category":"death","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":325000,"decision_date":"2025-10-06","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal36","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 19:46:51","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine, January 11, 2021, alleged acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) causing death of adult Joseph Johnson, Sr. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied vaccine injury and denied death as sequela of allegedly vaccine-related ADEM. Public corrected decision does not provide onset, clinical course, death date, experts, or mechanism. Award: $325,000 lump sum for all Section 15(a) damages, ACH to counsel IOLTA for Linda Johnson as surviving spouse/legal representative. Special Master Herbrina D. S. Young October 6, 2025; corrected December 3, 2025 to include omitted stipulation page. Attorney Brian L. Cinelli; respondent Joseph Douglas Leavitt.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2023-03-09","case_summary":"On March 9, 2023, Linda Johnson, as surviving spouse and legal representative of the estate of Joseph Johnson, Sr., filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination Mr. Johnson received on January 11, 2021 caused his death. The decision identifies the alleged vaccine-related condition as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.\n\nRespondent denied that Mr. Johnson suffered any injury as a result of the flu vaccine and denied that his death was a sequela of allegedly vaccine-related acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The public decision is a stipulation decision and does not describe Mr. Johnson's symptom onset, hospitalization, diagnostic testing, treatment, expert opinions, or date of death.\n\nOn October 6, 2025, Special Master Herbrina D. S. Young adopted the parties' stipulation and awarded $325,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Ms. Johnson. The corrected public version states that the decision was corrected on December 3, 2025 to include a corrected stipulation after an omitted page was discovered; the decision itself otherwise remained the October 6, 2025 decision.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Herbrina Sanders Young","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Brian L. Cinelli","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP","petitioner_attorney_location":"Buffalo, NY","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|brian-cinelli|","firm_canonical_key":"schiffmacher-cinelli-adoff","package_title":"JOHNSON v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347-0","title":"JOHNSON v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/6/2025) regarding 37 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Herbrina D S Young. (gf) Service on parties made. Main Document 41 replaced on 12/3/2025 to correct error in Stipulation. See footnote #1 for explanation of correction. (tjk).","date_issued":"2025-10-31","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":15510731,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00347-0"}]}