VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
Filtered cases · 80 Condition: Encephalitis / encephalopathyAge: Infant (< 3)clear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-05-24 | 1993-01-21 | Jonathan Reusser | Richard Gage | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1990-06-10 | 1999-06-10 | Natalie Sworddeath | not in record | – | 1mo | DPT | encephalopathy | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-08-16 | 1993-08-13 | Julie Chen | Eve L. Hill | Pierson Semes & Finley | 1.5y | DPT | encephalopathy and significant aggravation of pre-existing n | denied | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1994-05-10 | Martha McGowan | David W. Cooney | – | 12mo | measles | encephalopathy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1999-11-17 | Jennifer Lawsondeath | Ronald C. Homer | – | 7mo | DPT | progressive central nervous system demyelinating disease | unclear | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1997-01-17 | Curtis Gurrdeath | Joseph J. Mellon | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy leading to death | dismissed | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1998-08-26 | Brian Christopher Wittner | Christopher Ted Olsen | – | 3mo | DPT | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | denied | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1996-08-29 | Frank V. Snyder, Jr. | Boyd A England | – | 7mo | DPT | encephalopathy | dismissed | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1991-01-30 | 1997-06-19 | Carol Hovey | Melvin C. Wilson | – | 5mo | DPT/P | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1992-05-14 | 1997-11-21 | Christian Rhys Vant Erve | A. Leroy Toliver | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder/encephalopathy claim; possible pro | unclear | – | – |
| 1994-04-08 | 1996-09-11 | Garrett Joseph Gilesdeath | Kirk A. McCarville | – | 2mo | DPT, oral polio (OPV), Hib | death; alleged HHC/HHE and encephalopathy after DPT; RSV bro | denied | – | – |
| 1994-05-18 | 1995-08-02 | Zachary Hinkledeath | Gustav L. Nelson, III | – | 5mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1995-01-12 | 1998-10-15 | Cassandra Hoag | John K. McPherson | – | 3mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1999-01-12 | 2005-01-12 | John R. Schneider | pro se | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | neurologic injuries | denied | – | – |
| 1999-03-12 | 1999-11-04 | Hayden Goetz | Peter Sarda | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy or other brain damage | dismissed | – | – |
| 2003-02-19 | 2017-03-15 | P.A.L., III | pro se | – | 1.3y | DTaP | encephalopathic injury, later manifesting as autism or an un | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2003-11-06 | 2005-07-22 | Jordan Maza | Martin J. Rubenstein | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | denied | – | – |
| 2004-11-29 | 2019-05-24 | C.A.P. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 5mo | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-01-21 | 2017-05-23 | A.H.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 0mo | hepatitis B | mitochondrial disorder aggravated by vaccination, leading to | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2005-05-27 | 2018-11-27 | HOLLY AUSTIN, parent of K.A., a minor | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 7mo | DTaP | encephalopathy, seizure disorder, developmental regression, | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2005-10-05 | 2016-04-25 | M.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 1.4y | DTaP and MMR | encephalopathy, developmental regression | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2006-07-31 | 2010-02-22 | Giavanna Maria Rodriguezdeath | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 4mo | – | encephalopathy | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2006-12-12 | 2014-08-15 | B.L. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | DTaP | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2008-09-25 | 2015-11-30 | S.B. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren et al. | 4mo | inactivated Polio virus | encephalopathy; neurologic condition | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $10,000 |
| 2009-10-09 | 2014-03-07 | C.D. | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 9mo | Pediarix | vaccine induced encephalopathy with seizures and loss of mus | dismissed | – | – |
| 2010-03-02 | 2014-02-19 | M.L. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | 3mo | ProQuad and Prevnar | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) resulting in d | compensated | – | – |
| 2011-08-09 | 2015-01-16 | T.T.H. | Peter Joseph Sarda | Creech Law Firm | 2.0y | varicella | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2012-06-04 | 2014-07-01 | Dagim Yilak | Simina Vourlis | Law Offices of Simina Vourlis | 2mo | DTaP-HIB-IPV, hepatitis B, Pre | encephalopathy; seizure disorder; infantile spasms with intr | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2012-06-28 | 2018-05-29 | M.W. | Mindy Michaels Roth, Michael G. McLaren | Britcher, Leone & Roth, LLC; Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, PC | 1.6y | Pentacel | encephalopathy | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | $1,887,659 |
| 2013-03-11 | 2019-06-04 | D.V.M. | Howard Scott Gold | Gold Law Firm, LLC | 2mo | Prevnar; hepatitis B; Pentacel | DTaP Table acute encephalopathy with brainstem hemorrhage, s | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $467,247 |
| 2013-03-28 | 2014-09-23 | H.G.S. | Anne C. Toale | Mctlaw | 4mo | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-04-30 | 2014-03-19 | J.E. | Walter Samuel Holland | W. Sam Holland, Esq. | 6mo | DTP/HIB/OPV | Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD-NOS) and Acute Dissemina | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2013-05-30 | 2014-10-23 | V.W. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 2.2y | DTaP | encephalopathy | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2013-07-18 | 2020-10-27 | Heavenly S. Lee | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 2mo | DTaP | Dandy-Walker Variant, Vermian Hypoplasia, Cerebral Dysgenesi | denied | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2013-09-18 | 2014-06-27 | Nada Ahmed | Mindy M. Roth | Marshall, Roth & Gregory, PC | 12mo | influenza, haemophilus B influ | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) followed by leuk | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-11-08 | 2016-11-17 | M.M. | Andrew D. Downing | – | 1.0y | MMR | anaphylactic shock, encephalopathy with resulting developmen | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-01-22 | 2014-09-24 | G.G.G.death | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher and Toale | 9mo | influenza | intractable seizures, limbic encephalopathy, respiratory fai | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2014-04-23 | 2019-03-18 | S.B. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 1.7y | Hepatitis A and influenza | anti-N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | denied | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2014-04-24 | 2016-09-15 | R.W. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 6mo | DTaP | encephalopathy, with an aggravation of feeding problems, dys | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-11-13 | 2020-01-21 | T.F.death | Edward Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), Prevn | acute illness; alleged DTaP Table acute encephalopathy; deat | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2014-12-10 | 2020-09-15 | M.S.M. | Clifford J. Shoemaker, Renee J. Gentry | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein; The Law Office of Renee J. Gentry | 6mo | DTaP | febrile status epilepticus and encephalopathy | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,271,451 |
| 2015-04-15 | 2025-03-19 | A.E. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.0y | Hib; MMR; pneumococcal conjuga | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $3,141,304 |
| 2015-04-22 | 2018-06-12 | R.M.R. | Peter C. Beard | Holley, Rosen & Beard | 2mo | diphtheria-tetanus-acellular p | DTaP Table encephalopathy; infantile spasms; severe developm | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $2,005,508 |
| 2015-05-21 | 2022-02-17 | A.S. | Michael McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | 6mo | DTaP | significant aggravation of her previous neurologic and/or ph | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2015-07-27 | 2025-10-02 | H.H. | Margaret M. Guerra | Margaret M. Guerra, Attorney at Law | 1.3y | influenza; Prevnar; Pentacel ( | Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (AGS) or AGS-like type I interfer | compensated | Katherine E. Oler | $2,925,472 |
| 2015-12-01 | 2020-04-24 | S.N. | Diana L. Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | 1.5y | MMR | herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis | denied | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2016-04-22 | 2023-12-19 | M.P. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and transverse m | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $165,949 |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | pro se | – | 0mo | MMR | encephalopathy | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Aprises Phillips and Ivan Phillips, Sr. | pro se | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2022-07-19 | Tamara Chavez, Parent of T.C. | Patricia Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 2mo | Pediarix (DTaP, hepatitis B, I | early infantile epilepsy/epileptic encephalopathy, intractab | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-12-29 | 2022-07-07 | B.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer, P.C. | 2.0y | Hepatitis A | pediatric arterial ischemic stroke due to an inflammatory fo | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-09 | 2018-10-12 | BMA | Despite my concerns, Robert J. Krakow | at the conclusion of the conference | 1.0y | influenza | demyelinating brain injury, nerve damage, trigeminal neuralg | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-02-09 | 2020-01-09 | A.W. | Timothy M. Kotfila | Kotfila & Jordan | 1.5y | influenza | ADEM or viral encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-03-03 | 2021-11-29 | B.B. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 9mo | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) and/or neuromy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $443,984 |
| 2017-11-27 | 2023-11-27 | A.J.K. | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 1.0y | MMR | posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy or stroke, seizure | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-02 | T.B.D. | Armond Marcarian | Marcarian Law Firm, P.C. | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), hepat | acute/chronic encephalopathy; hypersensitivity myocarditis; | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-08-02 | A.M. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 1.5y | MMRV | Table Encephalopathy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-10-04 | 2024-02-27 | K.S.J., Jr. | R. Christopher Irwin, III, Julius Vincent Cook | Cook & Tolley LLP; Cook & Tolley, LLP | 1.1y | MMR | biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTRBGD) tr | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,616,572 |
| 2018-11-02 | 2024-05-30 | A.F. | Mark Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 10mo | DTaP | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2019-02-12 | 2025-05-14 | WCF | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | 9mo | hepatitis A | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2019-02-28 | 2024-08-08 | K.M. | Brian L. Cinelli | Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP | 1.0y | Hib | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-05-28 | 2025-03-28 | S.D. | Bridget Candace McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-07-05 | 2022-04-26 | K.A. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 1.1y | varicella, MMR, hepatitis A, H | encephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-08-02 | 2025-07-31 | J.W. | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad, LLP | 2mo | DTaP | epileptic encephalopathy with residual seizure disorder and | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-11-05 | 2024-02-21 | A.Z. | Jeffrey S. Pop | Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates | 1.6y | influenza; hepatitis A | Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,382 |
| 2021-05-07 | 2022-06-21 | W.J. | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | chronic encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2021-07-09 | 2025-07-09 | M.K.S. | Zachary J. Hermsen | Whitfield & Eddy Law | 1.0y | Tdap | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and/or myelin oligodend | unclear | – | – |
| 2021-08-18 | 2024-09-12 | G.R. | not in record | – | 4mo | influenza | acute disseminating encephalomyelitis | compensated | – | – |
| 2021-09-10 | 2022-03-23 | C.J.B. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 1.2y | Pentacel and pneumococcal conj | encephalopathy, speech abnormality, language regression, and | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2022-03-22 | 2026-04-16 | B.T. | Curtis R. Webb | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| – | 2004-05-27 | Noah Dixon | James E. Baker | Miracle, Pruzan, Pruzan & Baker, Seattle | 1.3y | MMR | encephalopathy with autistic-like symptoms and moderate cogn | dismissed | – | – |
| – | 2011-06-30 | Joshua Argueta | pro se | – | 6mo | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizures and permanent brain injury | denied | – | – |
| – | 2019-07-31 | M.H. | John Robert Howie, Jr. | Howie Law, PC | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| – | 1992-11-09 | Kristen McClendon | Michael G. McLaren | – | 1mo | DPT | encephalopathy, seizure disorder, mental retardation, impair | compensated | Paul T. Baird | $71,807 |
| – | 1994-02-02 | Sharnise Skinner | Oldric J. LaBell, Jr. | – | 7mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| – | 1994-09-28 | William ('Billy') Skinnerdeath | Peter H. Bouman | – | 2mo | DPT | vaccine-caused encephalopathy | unclear | – | – |
| – | 1995-09-22 | Leslie Harrelson Brown | Sandra B. Ribes | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| – | 1999-08-30 | Rebecca Golub | Ronald C. Homer | – | 2mo | DPT and OPV | HIB meningitis with seizure disorder, developmental delay, a | denied | – | – |
| – | 2002-10-09 | Billy Allen Dudleydeath | Paul S. Dannenberg | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy and/or hypotensive-hyporesponsive shock colla | unclear | – | – |
| – | 1998-02-03 | Amanda Riggsdeath | David Daulton | – | 2mo | DPT | Table encephalopathy leading to death | compensated | – | – |
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