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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00042
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00042
Petitioner: Jesse Wayson
Filed: 2024-01-11
Decided: 2025-09-15
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-01-10
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome
Outcome: entitlement granted
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On January 11, 2024, Jesse Wayson filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on January 10, 2023, caused Guillain-Barre syndrome. He later filed an amended petition.

Respondent conceded that Mr. Wayson met the requirements for a Table Guillain-Barre syndrome claim following influenza vaccination and that he satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation. The public entitlement decision does not describe the onset interval, hospitalization, neurologic testing, treatment, or residual symptoms in detail.

On September 15, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Mr. Wayson entitled to compensation. Damages remained pending. Mr. Wayson was represented by Ronald Homer.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine, January 10, 2023, adult exact age not stated, alleged Guillain-Barre syndrome. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Respondent conceded that petitioner satisfied the requirements for Table GBS after influenza vaccination. Public concession decision contains no detailed onset or treatment chronology. Chief Special Master Corcoran, September 15, 2025. Attorney Ronald Homer.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00042-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-16
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/15/2025) regarding 39 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00042-UNJ Document 45 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-0042V
JESSE WAYSON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: September 15, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Meghan Murphy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 11, 2024, Jesse Wayson filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”).3 Petitioner alleged that he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a
defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on January 10, 2023.
Amended Petition at 1 ¶¶ 2, 19. Petitioner also alleged that he received the flu vaccine
within the United States, that he continues to suffer the residual effects of his GBS more
than six months post-vaccination, and that neither he nor any other party has filed a civil
1 Because this Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2018).
3 On February 24, 2025, Jesse Wayson filed an amended petition with additional details and medical
records citations. ECF No. 30.

Case 1:24-vv-00042-UNJ Document 45 Filed 10/16/25 Page 2 of 2
action or received compensation for his GBS illness, alleged as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶
2, 20-22. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
On September 15, 2025, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) Report in which he
concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c)
Report at 1. Specifically, Respondent believes “that [P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria
set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table (“Table”) and the Qualifications and Aids to
Interpretation for a flu/GBS Table injury.” Id. at 7.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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