Joseph Savio v. HHS - Influenza, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (2026)

Joseph Savio filed a petition for compensation on September 3, 2024, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine received on September 23, 2022. Petitioner claimed to have developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, with residual effects lasting more than six months.

Respondent denied that the vaccine caused the GBS or that the condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on February 3, 2026, agreeing to settle the case.

Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Joseph Savio a lump sum of $125,000.00 in compensation for all damages.