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Award $200,000 lump sum. Petition filed September 8, 2023; entitlement/death dismissal July 30, 2025; damages January 30, 2026.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":"2020-12-10","petition_filed_date":"2023-09-08","case_summary":"On September 8, 2023, Cynthia Brandt filed a petition individually and as administrator of the estate of David M. Taylor. She alleged that Mr. Taylor developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome after an influenza vaccination administered in September 2020 and that the illness led to his death.\n\nRespondent conceded entitlement for the Guillain-Barre Syndrome itself, but the death-benefit claim presented a separate limitations problem. The entitlement decision concluded that the statutory death benefit could not be awarded because the petition was filed outside the Vaccine Act's twenty-four-month deadline for death claims. The claim for the underlying vaccine-related GBS was allowed, while the death-benefit portion was dismissed.\n\nDamages were later resolved by proffer. 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