Jennifer Burandt v. HHS - Rotavirus, intussusception (2025)

On September 20, 2024, Jennifer Burandt filed a petition on behalf of her minor child, F.B., alleging that a rotavirus vaccine administered on October 6, 2021 caused intussusception. Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that F.B.'s intussusception met the Vaccine Injury Table criteria and that the injury required inpatient hospitalization and surgical intervention.

The public entitlement and damages documents do not describe the exact onset of abdominal symptoms, diagnostic testing, operation, hospitalization course, or recovery beyond those Table facts. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran found entitlement on April 9, 2025. On August 25, 2025, he adopted respondent's proffer awarding $2,443.35 in past unreimbursed expenses and $50,000.00 to purchase an annuity for past pain and suffering.

The annuity was structured to provide certain lump-sum payments of $38,361.68 on August 6, 2042, $44,841.13 on August 6, 2045, and $52,412.10 on August 6, 2048, with the final amount adjusted if needed so the purchase price remained $50,000.00.