{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558-0","petitioner_identifier":"Ronald Croddick","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2021-09-22","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) or aggravation of preexisting demyelinating symptoms","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":88000,"decision_date":"2025-04-03","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T01:48:52.997061+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine on September 22, 2021 allegedly causing Table GBS, caused-in-fact GBS, or aggravation of preexisting demyelinating symptoms. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table GBS, causation/significant aggravation, any other injury/condition, and current vaccine-caused sequela. Public stipulation provides no onset, preexisting symptom detail, testing, treatment, experts, literature, or mechanism. Special Master Christian J. Moran, decision April 3, 2025. Award $88,000.00 through counsel IOLTA. Petition filed April 20, 2023. Attorney: Koby Jack Kirkland.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2023-04-20","case_summary":"Ronald Croddick filed his petition on April 20, 2023, alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on September 22, 2021 caused Guillain-Barre Syndrome. He alleged a Table GBS injury, or alternatively that the flu vaccine caused him to develop GBS or aggravated preexisting demyelinating symptoms. Croddick was represented by Koby Jack Kirkland of the Law Office of Koby Kirkland, LLC.\n\nRespondent denied that Croddick suffered a GBS Table injury, denied that the flu vaccination caused or significantly aggravated his alleged GBS or any other injury or condition, and denied that his current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The public stipulation does not describe Croddick's first neurologic symptom, onset day, preexisting demyelinating symptoms, diagnostic workup, hospitalization, IVIG or plasma exchange treatment, rehabilitation, or residual deficits. No expert reports or biological mechanism are summarized.\n\nThe public record therefore tells a limited but important story: Croddick connected a GBS-type demyelinating illness, including possible aggravation of preexisting demyelinating symptoms, to the September 2021 flu shot; respondent disputed both Table and causation theories; and the parties resolved the case through a negotiated stipulation.\n\nSpecial Master Christian J. Moran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it on April 3, 2025. Croddick received $88,000.00 through counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement, representing all Vaccine Act damages available under Section 15(a).","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Christian J. Moran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Koby Jack Kirkland","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Law Office of Koby Kirkland, LLC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Mobile, AL","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|koby-kirkland|","firm_canonical_key":"law-office-of-koby-kirkland","package_title":"CRODDICK v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558-0","title":"CRODDICK v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/03/2025) regarding 36 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (jjb) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-04-28","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":834570,"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-00558/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00558-0"}]}