{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720-0","petitioner_identifier":"James O'Dell","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2021-10-13","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre syndrome","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":130000,"decision_date":"2025-12-19","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal15","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 04:25:05","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine October 13, 2021 allegedly causing GBS; adult, exact age not stated. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table injury, causation, and sequelae; public stipulation lacks neurologic chronology. Award $130,000 lump sum. SM Nora Beth Dorsey; petition May 8, 2024; decision December 19, 2025.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-05-08","case_summary":"On May 8, 2024, James O'Dell filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 13, 2021 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome.\n\nRespondent denied that Mr. O'Dell sustained a Table injury, denied that the flu vaccine caused his GBS or any other injury, and denied that his current condition was vaccine-related. The public stipulation does not describe onset, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, IVIG or plasma exchange, rehabilitation, or residual limitations.\n\nThe parties settled by stipulation. On December 19, 2025, Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey adopted the stipulation and awarded Mr. O'Dell $130,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"James O'Dell","petitioner_attorney_name":"Ronald Craig Homer","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Conway, Homer, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"Boston, MA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:18","attorney_canonical_keys":"|ronald-homer|","firm_canonical_key":"conway-homer","package_title":"O'DELL v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720-0","title":"O'DELL v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/19/2025 ) regarding 32 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-01-27","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":435282,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00720-0"}]}