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 · 482 Cognitive / developmentalclear 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 | – | – |
| 1990-06-25 | 1993-06-25 | Trisha Estep | not in record | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy with permanent neurological sequela, includin | compensated | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-07-26 | 1993-07-08 | Brian J. Roedl | Suzanne Sturgeon | – | 1.0y | MMR | lack of muscular coordination, epilepsy, and mental retardat | denied | – | – |
| 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 | – | – |
| 1990-09-14 | 1993-05-10 | Tralane Donovan | Nathan M. Belofsky | – | – | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus | encephalopathy and of a residual seizure disorder | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1990-09-18 | 1995-05-02 | Sheri A. Taylor | James M. Hanny | – | – | DPT | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | dismissed | – | – |
| 1990-09-18 | 1994-07-22 | Chance Kevin Ankenbauer | Michael R. Hugo | – | 2mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT Table encephalopathy and residual seizure disord | denied | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1994-01-19 | Kerri Woodard | Michael J. D’Arcangelo | – | 3mo | DPT | infantile spasms | denied | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1997-09-15 | Michael Hanlon | Robert T. Moxley | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder with tuberous sclerosis found to b | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 2001-02-20 | Trevor Hulbert | Robert T. Moxley | – | 3mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT Table seizure onset/residual seizure disorder an | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1997-10-27 | Diane C. Lett | William P. Ronan | – | 1.3y | DPT | residual seizure disorder | dismissed | E. LaVon French | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1997-02-12 | A.E.S. | not in record | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy and seizures | unclear | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1996-02-09 | Donald Horner, Jr. | William J. Stapleton | – | 3mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder and/or encephalopathy and/or shock | unclear | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1993-07-30 | Amy Lynne Ware | Thomas G. Wilson | – | – | DPT | seizures | dismissed | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1993-06-22 | Brandon Wells | Curtis R. Webb | – | 2.0y | DPT | encephalopathy, mental retardation and a residual developmen | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-27 | 1993-12-21 | David Suel | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 5mo | DPT | aggravation of tuberous sclerosis in the form of an encephal | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1993-10-01 | Bryan Matthew Totterdale | Richard L. Steinberg | – | – | DPT | residual seizure disorder and an encephalopathy | dismissed | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1998-06-26 | Amanda Newby | Rodney A. Klein | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy and seizures resulting in psychomotor retarda | unclear | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1994-05-10 | Martha McGowan | David W. Cooney | – | 12mo | measles | encephalopathy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1999-09-13 | Nina Ann Cohn | not in record | – | 2mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT-related grand mal seizure/coma and lifelong peti | dismissed | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 2001-10-02 | Dallas Beddingfield | M. Michael Arnett | – | 5.7y | DTP | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1995-05-30 | Daniel Black | Jeffrey L. Viken | – | 5mo | DPT | encephalopathy and residual seizure disorder | 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 | – |
| 1990-12-14 | 1998-12-17 | Rachael Lampe | Craig Lewis | Gallagher, Lewis & Downey | – | DPT | encephalopathy, residual seizure disorder, mental retardatio | denied | – | – |
| 1991-01-29 | 1996-05-21 | Shakia Tany-ka Dickerson | Paul M. Vincent | – | 3mo | diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis ( | alleged DTP Table residual seizure disorder; afebrile seizur | unclear | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1991-01-30 | 1997-06-19 | Carol Hovey | Melvin C. Wilson | – | 5mo | DPT/P | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1991-10-30 | 1998-03-19 | Rachel Leah Reiss-Plavin | Robert T. Moxley | – | 3mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT Table residual seizure disorder/significant aggr | unclear | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1992-04-16 | 1994-03-29 | Nicholas Song | Milton Danon | – | 4mo | DTP | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | dismissed | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1992-05-14 | 1997-11-21 | Christian Rhys Vant Erve | A. Leroy Toliver | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder/encephalopathy claim; possible pro | unclear | – | – |
| 1992-11-03 | 1997-12-03 | Billy | E. James Thompson, Jr. | – | – | DPT | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1993-11-08 | 1996-01-29 | Randall Tyler Rooks | Ronald C. Homer | – | – | MMR | cerebral dysgenesis including agenesis of the corpus callosu | unclear | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1995-01-12 | 1998-10-15 | Cassandra Hoag | John K. McPherson | – | 3mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1995-01-13 | 2004-05-03 | Irene Baker Gruber | Timothy B. Saylor | Allen Schulman & Assoc. Co., LPA | 6mo | DPT | Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy (SME) with significant aggravation | unclear | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1995-04-21 | 1997-11-14 | Mary Elizabeth Haggerty | Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and residual seizure disorder | denied | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1995-07-12 | 1998-07-10 | Julie F. Terran | Andrew W. Dodd | – | 2mo | DPT | seizure episode, afebrile seizures, seizure activity, seizur | denied | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1995-10-14 | 1999-02-19 | Patrick Holihan | Mary Frankhart | – | – | – | encephalopathy | compensated | – | – |
| 1995-12-19 | 1996-09-06 | Joseph Tilghman Brice | pro se | – | – | MMR | residual seizure disorder and brain damage | unclear | – | – |
| 1998-12-09 | 2009-07-07 | Michelle Cedillo | Ronald C. Homer | – | 1.3y | MMR | severe autism and gastrointestinal injuries | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 1999-03-12 | 1999-11-04 | Hayden Goetz | Peter Sarda | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy or other brain damage | dismissed | – | – |
| 1999-07-28 | 2011-10-26 | Thomas Ricci | David L. Terzian | Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell, P.C. | 3mo | Hepatitis B | encephalopathy and/or encephalitis and/or meningoencephaliti | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 1999-10-06 | 2002-04-05 | Lena Tebeherani | Ronald Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 4.5y | DaPT | childhood disintegration disorder and autistic behaviors, wi | denied | – | – |
| 2000-07-10 | 2003-01-31 | Dylon Finley | not in record | – | 1.2y | MMR | epilepsy and subsequent speech impediment | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2001-03-22 | 2009-08-11 | Colten | Christopher W. Wiekersham, Sr. | – | 1.3y | MMR | pervasive developmental disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2001-11-01 | 2004-03-05 | Destiny Lemire | D. Michael Noonan | Shaheen & Gordan, P.A. | – | – | developmental delays and autism | dismissed | – | – |
| 2002-01-04 | 2017-08-31 | J.M. and V.M. on behalf of V.J.M. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 1.0y | MMR | pervasive developmental disorder (“PDD”), not otherwise spec | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-01-31 | 2017-08-31 | JMF | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 2mo | MMR | autism disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-03-11 | 2005-06-01 | Joshua Vessels | D. Michael Noonan | Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. | – | – | autism | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2002-05-10 | 2016-05-19 | SRH | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.3y | Hib | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-07-12 | 2007-08-02 | Peter Iannuzzi | Ronald C. Homer | – | 1.5y | – | autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-07-15 | 2003-06-13 | Austin J. Setnes | not in record | – | 1.0y | MMR, DTaP-Hib, Varicella, OPV | autism spectrum disorder | unclear | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-07-22 | 2010-01-07 | Kit Carson | David P. Matthews | Matthews & Associates | 1.0y | – | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | – | – |
| 2002-08-29 | 2009-01-16 | Jackson Bono | Jean S. Martin | – | 1.4y | MMR | partial autistic syndrome | dismissed | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2002-10-01 | 2017-05-05 | R.A. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan | 1.0y | MMR | Autism Spectrum Disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2002-11-14 | 2017-04-14 | K.C.P. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | hypotonia, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, and global de | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-11-15 | 2017-08-31 | I.M.S. | Edward M. Kraus, John F. McHugh | Law Offices of Chicago Kent; Law Office of John McHugh | – | – | autistic disorder (AD) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-12-03 | 2011-05-16 | MF | pro se | – | 2.0y | multiple | global developmental delay with static encephalopathy of unc | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2003-01-31 | 2009-10-19 | Devon Stapleford | Ronald C. Homer | Jeffrey S. Thompson, and Thao Da Ho, Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 1.1y | varicella | seizure disorder with developmental delay | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2003-03-26 | 2016-02-12 | A.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 2.0y | influenza | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2003-05-07 | 2017-08-31 | J.H.R. and H.R.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | MMR | autistic disorder; pervasive developmental disorder, not oth | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2003-05-20 | 2014-01-14 | Y.H. | not in record | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | – | – |
| 2003-07-23 | 2010-09-08 | Andrew Hokkanen | not in record | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Diane M. Lord | – |
| 2003-08-29 | 2005-10-31 | Ashlyn Markovich | Mark L. Krueger | Greenhalgh Krueger Hernandez & Fasi, S.C. | 2mo | DTaP, IPV, and Hib | seizure disorder and intractable epilepsy | dismissed | – | – |
| 2003-10-23 | 2014-02-12 | E.W. | not in record | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2003-11-06 | 2005-07-22 | Jordan Maza | Martin J. Rubenstein | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | denied | – | – |
| 2003-12-17 | 2012-09-06 | Andrew Wax | Michael A London | – | – | – | autistic disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2003-12-31 | 2018-08-09 | Eilise Moriarty | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 4.0y | MMR | seizure disorder and encephalopathy with decline in cognitiv | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,567,111 |
| 2004-01-05 | 2014-10-07 | I.J.H. | Paul Honigberg | Blank Rome, LLP | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or similar disorder | dismissed | – | – |
| 2004-02-27 | 2017-08-31 | U.L. | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2004-03-12 | 2015-05-14 | N.B. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-06-10 | 2017-08-31 | LEIGH EWORONSKY, parent of A.E., a minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | Autistic Disorder (AD); pervasive developmental disorder (PD | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2004-07-06 | 2016-01-19 | DAC | Clifford Shoemaker, Thao Ho, Harry G. Potter | – | 7mo | DTP | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-08-13 | 2007-01-18 | Adams | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Renee J. Gentry, Shoemaker and Associates | 0mo | Hepatitis B | seizure disorder | compensated | – | – |
| 2004-08-26 | 2007-02-07 | Marty and KeMe Avera, parents of Connor Avera | Robert Moxley, Julie Hernandez | Robert T. Moxley, P.C. | – | – | encephalopathy | compensated | – | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2005-02-10 | 2017-08-31 | Richard Kristopher Young and Christina Young, Parents of K.L.Y., a Minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-02-21 | 2008-02-21 | Lee Ann Kay, on behalf of her minor son Mason Kay | Ronald C. Homer | – | – | Hepatitis B | speech delay and learning disabilities | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 2005-02-28 | 2014-12-29 | E.L.M. | Michael Cave | Cave Law Firm | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | – | – |
| 2005-04-14 | 2015-05-12 | N.S. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | MMR; varicella | seizure disorder resulting in global developmental delay | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $550,000 |
| 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 | – |
| 2005-06-22 | 2009-12-22 | Taylor Avila | Robert T. Moxley | Robert T. Moxley, P.C. | – | DtaP | seizure syndrome | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2005-07-15 | 2005-12-30 | Ryan Reed | Ben C. Martin | – | – | – | autism and Pervasive Developmental Delay | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2005-09-09 | 2016-11-22 | S.W. | Ronald Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder and developmental delay | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $200,000 |
| 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 | – |
| 2006-03-03 | 2014-08-20 | W.O.J. | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-05-08 | 2017-11-22 | J.H. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 9mo | influenza (two half-doses, ped | neurological degeneration, loss of motor skills and body con | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-07-17 | 2011-02-17 | Robert Veryzer | Alan C. Milstein | – | 41.0y | Hepatitis A | fever and chills, severe pain and physical injuries, progres | unclear | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 2006-10-20 | 2014-12-15 | Aydien Cliff Omidvar | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | DTaP | Dravet syndrome | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2006-11-06 | 2012-09-25 | William R. Miller | not in record | – | 1.3y | DTaP and MMR | seizure disorder, possible pervasive developmental disorder, | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-11-13 | 2015-07-27 | M.G. | Paul S. Dannenberg | Law Offices of Paul S. Dannenberg | – | DTaP | encephalopathy and other neurological injuries | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2006-11-27 | 2015-03-11 | V.B. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.9y | – | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-11-27 | 2015-09-14 | RCB | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2006-12-21 | 2012-09-26 | Claire Barnette | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | 3mo | DTaP/IPV/Hep B, Hib, and Prevn | Dravet Syndrome | denied | – | – |
| 2007-01-19 | 2015-04-20 | JD | Herbert Waichman | Parker Waichman LLP | 1.0y | varicella | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-01-19 | 2015-05-27 | LD | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia A. Finn, P.C. | 1.0y | varicella | autism and related conditions | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-02-08 | 2018-07-13 | N.W. | Scott W. Rooney | Nemes, Rooney P.C. | – | DPT, MMR | developmental delays, physical injuries, and development of | dismissed | – | – |
| 2007-02-16 | 2015-03-06 | L.B. | Curtis Webb | Webb, Webb, & Guerry | – | MMR, varicella | Opsoclonus Myoclonus syndrome (“OMS”) | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
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