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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00237
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00237
Petitioner: Riley Corbitt
Filed: 2025-02-10
Decided: 2026-06-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-18
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Riley Corbitt filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on February 10, 2025, alleging Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 18, 2022. The petition stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that the injury caused residual effects for more than six months, and that no settlements or awards had been made on his behalf. On June 9, 2026, the Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. The Respondent concluded that the injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that Petitioner met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the Respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00237-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-13
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/11/2026) regarding 27 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00237-UNJ Document 30 Filed 07/13/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-237V
RILEY CORBITT, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: June 11, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Christopher Williams, Siri & Glimstad LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Mikaela Torbert,, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 10, 2025, Riley Corbitt 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 from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”)
as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 18, 2022. Petition at 1.
Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered within the United States, that
he suffered the residual effects of his injury for more than six months, and that there has
been no settlements or awards on his behalf as a result of his injury. Petition at 1, 3-4.
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 1:25-vv-00237-UNJ Document 30 Filed 07/13/26 Page 2 of 2
On June 9, 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 has concluded that this injury is consistent with a SIRVA as
defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner
has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 4-5.
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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