Timothy Holt v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barre syndrome (2025)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
On November 29, 2023, Timothy Holt filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 21, 2022 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome. Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, agreeing that Mr.
Holt satisfied the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for GBS after seasonal influenza vaccination and that no apparent alternative cause defeated the Table presumption. The public entitlement and damages decisions do not describe his first neurologic symptoms, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, immune treatment, rehabilitation, or residual limitations.
Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found entitlement on April 22, 2025.
Respondent later proffered, and Mr. Holt accepted, $230,000.00 for pain and suffering and $34,092.30 in unreimbursed expenses.
On September 4, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran awarded a total lump sum of $264,092.30.
Theory of causation
Influenza vaccine October 21, 2022 causing Table GBS; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; COMPENSATED. Respondent conceded the 3-42 day Table GBS criteria and no apparent alternative cause; public documents lack neurologic chronology. Award $230,000 pain/suffering + $34,092.30 expenses = $264,092.30. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition November 29, 2023; entitlement April 22, 2025; damages September 4, 2025.