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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00752
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00752
Petitioner: Roselyne Omwega
Filed: 2024-05-14
Decided: 2026-01-30
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-11-02
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 14, 2024, Roselyne Omwega filed a petition alleging that she developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 2, 2023.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report. The concession stated that Ms. Omwega satisfied the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for GBS after seasonal flu vaccination, including onset between three and forty-two days after vaccination and no apparent alternative cause. The short public ruling does not state her exact age, first neurologic symptom, hospitalization, lumbar puncture or nerve testing, treatment, rehabilitation, or residual limitations.

On January 30, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms. Omwega entitled to compensation. Damages had not yet been resolved in the public ruling. Ms. Omwega was represented by Alison Haskins of Siri & Glimstad, LLP.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine on November 2, 2023 causing Table GBS; adult self-filed petitioner, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Rule 4(c) concession: GBS onset within 3-42 day Table window and no apparent alternative cause. Public ruling lacks detailed onset/hospital/diagnostic/treatment/rehab facts. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition May 14, 2024; decision January 30, 2026. Attorney Alison Haskins.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00752-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-03-02
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/30/2026) regarding 42 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00752-UNJ Document 45 Filed 03/02/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-0752V
ROSELYNE OMWEGA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 30, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Alison Haskins, Siri & Glimstad, LLP, Aventura, FL, for Petitioner.
Alyssa M. Petroff, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 14, 2024, Roselyne Omwega 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 she suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (“GBS”)
resulting from an influenza (“flu”) vaccine received on November 2, 2023. Petition at 1.
Petitioner further alleges the vaccine was administered in the United States, she has
suffered residual effects of her condition for more than six months, and no civil action for
damages has been brought, nor has any settlement or award in a civil action for damages
been collected, for her vaccine-related injury. Petition at ¶¶ 2, 17, 19. 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-00752-UNJ Document 45 Filed 03/02/26 Page 2 of 2
On January 30, 2026, 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 agrees 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 no apparent alternative cause. Id.
at 5.
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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