{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658-0","petitioner_identifier":"Ruth A. Jones","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2024-11-06","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"entitlement_granted_pending_damages","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2026-01-30","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal10","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 03:37:13","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine November 6, 2024 allegedly causing Table GBS and death of Ruth A. Jones on November 25, 2024; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages amount not stated in public ruling. Public source lacks clinical/death narrative beyond GBS death allegation. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition April 16, 2025; ruling January 30, 2026.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":"2024-11-25","petition_filed_date":"2025-04-16","case_summary":"On April 16, 2025, Paula Bigelow filed a petition as personal representative of the estate of her mother, Ruth A. Jones, alleging that Ms. Jones developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 6, 2024.\n\nThe petition alleged that Ms. Jones died from her GBS illness on November 25, 2024. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report and proffer conceding that petitioner satisfied the Vaccine Injury Table criteria and the legal prerequisites for compensation. The public ruling does not describe the first symptoms, hospitalization, diagnostic testing, treatment, or circumstances of death.\n\nOn January 30, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found petitioner entitled to compensation. The public ruling did not state a damages amount.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Jimmy A. Zgheib","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Zgheib Sayad, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"White Plains, NY","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|james-zgheib|","firm_canonical_key":"zgheib-sayad","package_title":"BIGELOW v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658-0","title":"BIGELOW v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/30/2026) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-03-02","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":286584,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'ruling on entitlement'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00658-0"}]}