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 · 438 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $1,060,424 |
| 2006-12-21 | 2012-09-26 | Claire Barnette | – | – | 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. | – |
| 2007-02-07 | 2007-02-07 | Marty and KeMe Avera, parents of Connor Avera | Robert Moxley, Julie Hernandez | Robert T. Moxley, P.C. | – | – | encephalopathy | compensated | – | $12,073 |
| 2007-02-16 | 2015-03-06 | L.B. | Curtis Webb | Webb, Webb, & Guerry | – | MMR, varicella | Opsoclonus Myoclonus syndrome (“OMS”) | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $463,059 |
| 2007-03-13 | 2011-03-04 | Rachel Hammitt | – | – | 4mo | DTaP | Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI) | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2007-08-14 | 2014-12-15 | Matthew Ramirez | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 6mo | DTaP | Dravet syndrome | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-08-20 | 2014-09-03 | B.T.G. | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-10-15 | 2025-07-16 | William Yates Hazlehurst | Rolf G.S. Hazlehurst | Children’s Health Defense | 1.0y | MMR | autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-10-29 | 2014-06-18 | J.M. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 3mo | Dtap | acute encephalopathy and seizure disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2007-11-09 | 2016-01-21 | B.G.S. | Barrett J. Clisby | – | 1.3y | Hib | neurodevelopmental disorder that falls within the category o | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-11-19 | 2015-01-20 | PETER and CHERIE NUTTALL, as the legal representatives of their minor son, N.N. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4.2y | MMR | severe neurologic disorder, diagnosed as childhood disintegr | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-11-28 | 2007-11-28 | Joshua Acevedo | – | – | – | DTaP | encephalitis | dismissed | – | – |
| 2007-12-21 | 2015-08-04 | Karl Paluck | Sheila A. Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 1.0y | – | mitochondrial problem, aggravated mitochondrial disorder | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $48,000 |
| 2008-01-14 | 2014-12-08 | JG | – | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | $5,379 |
| 2008-02-25 | 2015-11-03 | HH | Michael L. Cave | Cave Law Firm | 6mo | DTaP | neurodevelopmental disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-03-18 | 2014-04-24 | James Holmes | Richard Gage, Donald Gerstein | – | 14.0y | Td | seizure disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-03-26 | 2018-06-22 | C.J.K. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.1y | influenza | immune system dysfunction, or hypogammaglobulinemia | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-04-17 | 2016-08-09 | A.P.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 1.5y | DTaP | autistic regression, apraxia of speech, and Autism Spectrum | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-04-22 | 2016-03-14 | S.H. | Elaine W. Sharp | Whitfield, Sharp & Sharp | – | DTaP | Autism spectrum disorder; mitochondrial disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-04-22 | 2016-03-14 | O.H. | Elaine W. Sharp | Whitfield, Sharp & Sharp | – | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-07-11 | 2016-02-19 | L.V. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 1.8y | influenza | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) following flu vaccine, possib | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-08-01 | 2015-07-22 | C.L. | Sheila A. Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 5mo | influenza | autism spectrum disorder; autoimmune encephalopathy | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-08-13 | 2015-07-22 | BTB | John McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-09-15 | 2018-12-04 | I.R. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio, Christopher & Toale; Maglio Christopher and Toale | 1.0y | ProQuad | significant aggravation of a mitochondrial disorder | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2008-09-25 | 2015-11-30 | S.B. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren et al. | – | inactivated Polio virus | encephalopathy; neurologic condition | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $10,000 |
| 2008-10-09 | 2015-03-31 | D.P.P., Jr. | John W. Frost, II | Frost, Van Den Boom & Smith, P.A. | – | MMR | seizure disorder and developmental delays | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $295,000 |
| 2008-10-27 | 2014-03-27 | A.R.C. | Ramon Rodriguez, III | Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell, P.C.; Rawls, McNelis and Mitchell, P.C. | – | DTaP, IPV, MMR, Hib, PCV | permanent spastic tetraparesis and leukodystrophy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $500,000 |
| 2008-11-04 | 2015-02-09 | B.C.L. | Sheila Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 7.2y | influenza | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) / pervasive developmental dis | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-11-10 | 2014-05-15 | Carter Rose | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | DTaP | severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (“SMEI”); Dravet syndro | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2008-11-17 | 2014-04-08 | RWC | Lawrence Gene Michel | – | 1.4y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | $10,848 |
| 2008-12-11 | 2014-09-10 | J.A.V. | Donald M. Gerstein | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | – | encephalopathy | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2009-02-05 | 2015-07-10 | CC | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2009-03-23 | 2016-04-04 | F.H. | – | – | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2009-05-11 | 2015-05-22 | Rachel McCulloch | Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Ronald C. Homer, Christina Ciampolillo | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.; Conway Homer, P.C. | 12.0y | HPV | autoimmune limbic encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and su | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,428,188 |
| 2009-05-11 | 2013-02-22 | KELLY ARANGO, Parent of, ISABELA OROZCO, a Minor | David E. Marmelstein | David E. Marmelstein & Associates | 4mo | DTaP | infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, hypotonia, and development | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2009-05-12 | 2014-06-25 | V.C. | Andrew Downing | Hennelly & Steadman, P.C. | 2.0y | hepatitis A | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2009-06-29 | 2013-04-08 | David A. Brown | Lisa A. Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | – | flu | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $111,435 |
| 2009-07-21 | 2014-08-14 | N.M. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2009-07-24 | 2015-10-26 | DCS | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2009-07-27 | 2016-05-31 | E.R. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | 6mo | DTaP | infantile spasms | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $1,400,787 |
| 2009-11-25 | 2016-08-23 | S.L. | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | influenza | gross motor regression, speech regression, nystagmus and ata | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,733,455 |
| 2010-04-15 | 2016-04-28 | ERICA FESTER, parent of B.A.B., a minor | Peter Joseph Sarda | Creech Law Firm | 1.0y | MMRV | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2010-06-25 | 2017-02-01 | E.O., III | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 6mo | DTaP | Dravet syndrome; chronic complex partial seizure disorder; e | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2010-09-10 | 2017-08-22 | M.D. | Corey B. Kaye | Kaye & Lechner | 5.0y | DTaP | epilepsy | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2010-10-15 | 2016-04-26 | H.E.F. | Martin A. Diaz | Martin Diaz Law Firm | 4mo | DTaP | seizures, brain damage, and developmental delay, or in the a | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2010-10-28 | 2010-05-17 | Amelia Stone | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 4mo | DTaP | Severe Myoe-elonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI), also known as | unclear | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2011-01-20 | 2021-12-03 | B.A. | Lisa A. Roquemore | Law Offices of Lisa A. Roquemore | 16.0y | HPV | severe, chronic headaches and various other sequelae | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,907,135 |
| 2011-03-11 | 2020-12-02 | Y.Q. | Ramon Rodriguez, III | Sands Anderson PC | 1.2y | measles, mumps, and rubella (M | MMR-associated febrile seizure with seizure disorder/epileps | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,954,724 |
| 2011-04-01 | 2015-07-23 | KJF | Michael Adly Baseluos | Baseluos Law Firm, PLLC | – | DTaP | infantile spasms | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $712,139 |
| 2011-08-09 | 2015-02-06 | T.T.H. | Peter Joseph Sarda | Creech Law Firm | – | varicella | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $2,017,079 |
| 2011-09-29 | 2014-03-14 | LMH | Aaron Russell Dias | RPWB, LLC; Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy and sequela | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2011-10-20 | 2015-10-21 | S.A.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,000 |
| 2011-11-15 | 2017-09-01 | W.R. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Vienna | 2mo | Pediarix (DTaP/Hep B/IPV), Hib | autism spectrum disorder; alleged encephalopathy, developmen | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2011-12-22 | 2011-06-30 | Joshua Argueta | – | – | 6mo | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizures and permanent brain injury | denied | – | – |
| 2012-03-12 | 2014-06-24 | VEM | David Porter Murphy | David P. Murphy & Associates, P.C. | – | MMR | febrile status epilepticus after immunizations with subseque | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $1,777,373 |
| 2012-03-26 | 2014-10-03 | M.S.P. Jr. | Neal J. Fialkow | Neal Fialkow, Esq. | – | MMR | acute encephalopathy and/or other injury that has resulted i | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $296,500 |
| 2012-06-22 | 2016-12-19 | C.M.S. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | influenza | influenza vaccine alleged to cause stroke and acute hemorrha | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,761,792 |
| 2012-07-27 | 2017-05-22 | K.T. | Clifford John Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 1.0y | MMR | Myoclonic-Astatic Epilepsy (MAE) / Epileptic Encephalopathy | denied | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2012-08-07 | 2014-09-02 | Perry Cellana | Elizabeth Muldowney | Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell | – | influenza | autoimmune encephalitis and a seizure | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $180,000 |
| 2012-08-30 | 2017-01-17 | M.S. | Michael Adly Baselous | Baseluos Law Firm, PLLC | – | influenza | transverse myelitis and stroke | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $354,585 |
| 2012-08-30 | 2018-08-06 | B.L. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 11.0y | HPV | seizure disorder | denied | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2012-09-24 | 2016-12-15 | L.A. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 5.9y | FluMist | bilateral striatal necrosis (BSN) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $1,419,072 |
| 2012-10-05 | 2015-07-28 | Paul S. Heckle | Elizabeth Muldowney | Rawls, McNelis and Mitchell, P.C. | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $909,992 |
| 2012-10-26 | 2014-03-28 | A.S. | Joseph F. McDowell, III | McDowell & Osburn, PA | – | MMR | acute encephalopathy and/or encephalitis and the onset of ch | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | $1,007,837 |
| 2012-11-02 | 2014-07-08 | David Konar | Diana Stadelnikas Sedar | Maglio, Christopher & Toale | – | tetanus | mental confusion and memory impairment | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $16,191 |
| 2013-01-29 | 2015-01-30 | LKT | Danielle A. Strait | Malio, Christopher | – | Prevnar, Rotateq, Pentacel, an | cerebrovascular infarct | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2013-02-19 | 2015-06-04 | O.A. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio, Christopher & Toale, PA | – | DTaP | myoclonic encephalopathy, severe developmental delay and sei | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2013-03-01 | 2015-01-26 | J.O.C. | William E. Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, PC | – | DTaP | tic disorder, abnormal EEG and other injuries | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $14,999 |
| 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 | – |
| 2013-04-19 | 2014-08-12 | A.C. | Carol L. Gallagher | – | – | DT | pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated w | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $42,240 |
| 2013-04-30 | 2014-03-19 | J.E. | Walter Samuel Holland | W. Sam Holland, Esq. | 2.0y | DTP/HIB/OPV | Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD-NOS) and Acute Dissemina | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2013-05-21 | 2014-09-19 | M.S. | Martin James Martinez | – | – | DTaP | seizure disorder | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2013-06-20 | 2016-08-05 | Hanna Dwornikoski | – | – | – | DTaP, Hib, Prevnar | seizure disorder | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2013-07-17 | 2017-03-29 | G.C.F. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.3y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2013-07-18 | 2015-12-11 | W.T.M. | Mark L. Krueger | Krueger & Hernandez, S.C. | – | MMR | cerebrovascular incident | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $460,135 |
| 2013-07-25 | 2014-07-22 | Melinda A. Schmidt | Lawrence G. Michel | Kennedy, Berkley, et al. | – | influenza | encephalomyelitis | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $26,000 |
| 2013-08-08 | 2015-01-20 | C.K.G. | Peter J. Sarda | Law Office of Peter J. Sarda | 9.6y | hepatitis A | significant aggravation of seizures and migraines | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-08-15 | 2016-12-07 | S.F. | Scott W. Rooney | Nemes, Rooney P.C. | – | DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella | encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $80,000 |
| 2013-08-26 | 2015-09-22 | A.H.R. | Marcus J. Michles | Michles & Booth P.A. | 1.2y | DTaP, Hib, influenza, varicell | autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental delay, encepha | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2013-09-13 | 2016-04-05 | MWS | Robert Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | DTap | acute encephalopathy, seizure disorder, ataxia, apraxia, dys | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2013-09-16 | 2020-05-04 | DAVID BECKER, parent of DB, a minor | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | Hepatitis A, MMR, Varicella | encephalopathy | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2013-09-18 | 2014-06-06 | 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 | – |
| 2013-09-23 | 2015-04-07 | R.D.S. | Lorraine J. Mansfield | – | 9mo | influenza | cerebral palsy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-10-07 | 2014-08-07 | L.B. | Thomas P. Gallagher | Thomas Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | DTap | infantile spasms | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $25,194 |
| 2013-10-17 | 2017-07-10 | I.D. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante PLLC | 6mo | DTaP | significant neurological deficits | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2013-10-22 | 2014-03-06 | Anita Lee, in Her Own Right and as Best Friend of Her Daughter, Kyla Lee | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | MMR and varicella | speech delay; pervasive developmental delay | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-11-08 | 2016-11-17 | M.M. | – | – | 1.0y | MMR | anaphylactic shock, encephalopathy with resulting developmen | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-01-27 | 2022-06-23 | L.M. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 7mo | Pediarix (DTaP/hepatitis B/IPV | significant aggravation of preexisting DYNC1H1-associated se | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,494,239 |
| 2014-01-27 | 2017-06-07 | B.P. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.2y | DTaP | encephalopathic developmental regression into autism, as wel | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-01-29 | 2016-08-04 | Zachary Terenzio | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale | 16.0y | meningococcal | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and multiple scl | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $155,332 |
| 2014-01-30 | 2016-04-08 | D.R.J. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | influenza | cerebellar ataxia and a seizure disorder | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $41,736 |
| 2014-03-05 | 2014-12-16 | Inder M. Dhillon | Ramon Rodriguez, III | Rawls, McNelis and Mitchell, P.C. | – | Hepatitis B | seizures and mental status changes | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $895,525 |
| 2014-03-05 | 2015-03-24 | T.A.S. | Bryant L. Lewis | Lewis & Johnson, Attorneys at Law | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $160,000 |
| 2014-03-06 | 2017-09-18 | A.U.D. | Edward Kraus | Law Offices, Chicago Kent College of Law | – | varicella | limbic encephalitis | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2014-03-07 | 2014-03-31 | N.A. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | $1,341,607 |
| 2014-03-24 | 2014-05-09 | James Winward | Erik L. Peterson | – | – | hepatitis B | hydrocephalus; cerebral palsy; alloimmune thrombocytopenia; | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |