VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01272
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01272
Petitioner: KEVIN ENDERLE
Filed: 2025-08-01
Decided: 2026-05-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-17
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Kevin Enderle filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 1, 2025, alleging he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 17, 2022. He stated that GBS is a defined Table injury and that he met the program's requirements, including receiving the vaccine in the United States and suffering residual effects for more than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report on May 5, 2026, conceding that Mr. Enderle is entitled to compensation. Respondent agreed that the petitioner satisfied the criteria for GBS on the Vaccine Injury Table, affording him a presumption of causation, and met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the record, the Chief Special Master found Mr. Enderle entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01272-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-08
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/08/2026) regarding 20 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01272-UNJ Document 22 Filed 06/08/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1272V
KEVIN ENDERLE,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 8, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
David John Carney, Green & Schafle LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.
Nina Ren, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On August 1, 2025, Kevin Enderle 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 Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a
defined Table injury, or in the alternative a caused-in-fact injury, after receiving an
influenza (“flu”) vaccine on October 17, 2022. Petition at 1 ¶¶ 4, 65-66. Petitioner also
alleges that he received the flu vaccine within the United States, that he suffered the
residual effects of GBS for more than six months post-vaccination, and that neither he
nor any other party has filed a civil action or received compensation for his GBS illness,
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-01272-UNJ Document 22 Filed 06/08/26 Page 2 of 2
alleged as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶ 4, 63-64. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On May 5, 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 believes “that [P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in
the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for GBS, which
afford [P]etitioner a presumption of causation.” Id. at 9. Respondent further agrees that
based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Act.” Id. at 10.
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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