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Petition filed December 11, 2024; entitlement September 29, 2025; damages December 5, 2025 by Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran. Award $192,332.82 total: $190,000 pain and suffering plus $2,332.82 unreimbursable expenses. Later fee award was attorney compensation only. Attorney: Andrew Donald Downing, Downing, Allison & Jorgenson.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-12-11","case_summary":"Mark Wivel filed a petition on December 11, 2024, alleging that he developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 20, 2021. He alleged a Table GBS claim with onset within the Table period and residual effects lasting more than six months.\n\nRespondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, stating that Mr. Wivel satisfied the Vaccine Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for GBS after seasonal influenza vaccination, including onset between three and forty-two days and no apparent alternative cause. Chief Special Master Corcoran granted entitlement on September 29, 2025.\n\nDamages were awarded on December 5, 2025. Mr. Wivel received $190,000.00 for pain and suffering and $2,332.82 for past unreimbursable expenses, for a total award of $192,332.82, payable as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account. A later fee decision concerned attorney fees and costs only. Mr. Wivel was represented by Andrew Donald Downing of Downing, Allison & Jorgenson in Phoenix, Arizona.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Mark Wivel","petitioner_attorney_name":"David John Carney","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Green & Schafle LLC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Philadelphia, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:19","attorney_canonical_keys":"|david-carney|","firm_canonical_key":"green-and-schafle","package_title":"WIVEL v. 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