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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00136
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00136
Petitioner: Andrew Monroe
Filed: 2024-12-30
Decided: 2025-02-03
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2021-11-27
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Andrew Monroe filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 30, 2024, alleging that he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) as a result of his influenza vaccination on November 27, 2021. He stated that he received the vaccine in the United States, suffered residual effects for more than six months, and had no prior award or settlement for his injury. The Respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report on December 23, 2024, conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent acknowledged that Petitioner met the criteria set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table, which presumes causation if GBS onset occurs between three and forty-two days after a seasonal flu vaccination, provided there is no preponderant evidence of an alternative cause. Based on the Respondent's concession and the evidence of record, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation. The case is proceeding to determine damages.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00136-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-02-03
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/30/2024) regarding 23 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00136-UNJ Document 26 Filed 02/03/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-136V
ANDREW MONROE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 30, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jessi Carin Huff, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Irene Angelica Firippis, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 29, 2024, Andrew Monroe filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that he suffered a Table injury – Guillain-Barré
Syndrome (“GBS”) as a result of his November 27, 2021 influenza (“flu”) vaccination.
Petition at ¶¶ 1, 21, 24-25. Petitioner further alleges that he received the vaccine in the
United States, that he suffered the residual effects of his injury for more than six months,
and that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action on his behalf as a
result of his injury. See Petition at ¶¶ 1, 23, 26-27. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
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).

Case 1:24-vv-00136-UNJ Document 26 Filed 02/03/25 Page 2 of 2
On December 23, 2024, 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 states that
[m]edical personnel at the Division of Injury Compensation Programs,
Department of Health and Human Services, have reviewed the petition and
medical records filed in the case. It is [R]espondent’s position that petitioner
has satisfied the criteria set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table and the
Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation, which afford petitioner a
presumption of causation if the onset of GBS occurs between three and
forty-two days after a seasonal flu vaccination and there is not preponderant
evidence of an alternative cause.
Id. at 7 (citing 42 C.F.R. § 100.3 (a)(XIV)(D), (c)(15)).
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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