VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00753
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00753
Petitioner: Jack Benmayor
Filed: 2025-05-01
Decided: 2026-03-10
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-13
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome resulting in death
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 1, 2025, Susan Green, as executor of the estate of Jack Benmayor, filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 13, 2023 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome that resulted in Mr. Benmayor's death.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report. The public entitlement ruling is brief and does not provide the clinical course, date of death, hospital timeline, autopsy information, or damages evidence.

On March 10, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found petitioner entitled to compensation. Damages were left for later proceedings.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine on October 13, 2023, causing Table GBS resulting in death; ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Petition brought by Susan Green as executor of the estate of Jack Benmayor. Respondent conceded entitlement. Public ruling gives limited clinical/death chronology and does not state date of death. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition filed May 1, 2025; entitlement March 10, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00753-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-04-09
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 03/10/2026) regarding 19 Ruling on Entitlement, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00753-UNJ Document 30 Filed 04/09/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0753V
SUSAN GREEN, as Executor of Chief Special Master Corcoran
ESTATE OF JACK BENMAYOR,
Filed: March 10, 2026
Petitioner,
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
David John Carney, Green & Schafle LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.
Ryan Daniel Pyles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 1, 2025, Susan Green, as Executor of the Estate of Jack Benmayor, 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 Mr. Benmayor
suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome (“GBS”), resulting in his death, caused by an influenza
(“flu”) vaccine received on October 13, 2023. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that
Mr. Benmayor received the vaccine in the United States, that his death was caused by
his GBS and complications thereof, which were caused by the flu vaccine, and neither
Mr. Benmayor nor his estate has ever received any compensation in the form of an award
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-00753-UNJ Document 30 Filed 04/09/26 Page 2 of 2
or settlement for his vaccine-related injuries. Petition at ¶¶ 5, 20, 21. The case was
assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On March 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 agrees that Petitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation, which afford a
presumption of causation if the onset of GBS occurs between three and forty-two days
after a seasonal flu vaccination and there is no apparent alternative cause. Id. at 6.
Respondent further agrees that the statutory severity requirement is satisfied, as Mr.
Benmayor more likely than not died as a result of his presumptive GBS. Id. Therefore,
Respondent agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation
under the Vaccine Act. Id.
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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