VICP Registry Case Source Bundle Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01207 Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01207 Petitioner: Paul Striso Filed: 2024-08-08 Decided: 2025-07-16 Vaccine: influenza Vaccination date: 2021-12-14 Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages Award amount USD: AI-assisted case summary: On August 8, 2024, Paul Striso filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on December 14, 2021 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome. Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that Mr. Striso met the Table criteria for GBS after influenza vaccination and the legal prerequisites for compensation. The public ruling states that he alleged residual effects lasting more than six months, but it does not describe the first neurologic symptoms, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, immune treatment, rehabilitation, or residual deficits. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Mr. Striso entitled to compensation on July 16, 2025. Damages remained to be determined. Theory of causation field: Influenza vaccine December 14, 2021 causing Table GBS; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Public ruling lacks neurologic chronology. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition August 8, 2024; entitlement July 16, 2025. Public staged source text: ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01207-0 Date issued/filed: 2025-08-15 Pages: 2 Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/16/2025) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case 1:24-vv-01207-UNJ Document 27 Filed 08/15/25 Page 1 of 2 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 24-1207V PAUL STRISO, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, v. Filed: July 16, 2025 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner. Jay Travis Williamson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 On August 8, 2024, Paul Striso 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 Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on December 14, 2021. Petition at 1 ¶¶ 2, 18. Petitioner also alleges that he received the 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 action or received compensation for his GBS illness, alleged as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 16-17, 19-20. 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-01207-UNJ Document 27 Filed 08/15/25 Page 2 of 2 On July 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 suffered GBS following a flu vaccine within the Table time period.” Id. at 7. Respondent further agrees that “based on the record as it now stands, compensation is appropriate, as petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. 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 2 ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01207-cl-extra-11121390 Date issued/filed: 2025-08-15 Pages: 1 Docket text: Supplementary opinion from CourtListener cluster 10654803 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 24-1207V PAUL STRISO, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, v. Filed: July 16, 2025 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner. Jay Travis Williamson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 On August 8, 2024, Paul Striso 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 Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on December 14, 2021. Petition at 1 ¶¶ 2, 18. Petitioner also alleges that he received the 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 action or received compensation for his GBS illness, alleged as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 16-17, 19-20. 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). On July 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 suffered GBS following a flu vaccine within the Table time period.” Id. at 7. Respondent further agrees that “based on the record as it now stands, compensation is appropriate, as petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. 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 2