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 · 446 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2014-03-04 | 2016-03-28 | A.S. | Valerie Ann Borek | V. Borek Law Firm | – | DTaP | vaccinosis, regressive encephalopathy, chronic ear infection | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2014-03-24 | 2014-05-09 | James Winward | Erik L. Peterson | – | – | hepatitis B | hydrocephalus; cerebral palsy; alloimmune thrombocytopenia; | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2014-03-27 | 2017-06-28 | Z.B. | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | pneumococcal conjugate vaccine | opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $195,000 |
| 2014-04-21 | 2014-05-19 | AARON P. WYATT, on behalf of J.A.W. | Anne C. Toale | Maglio, Christopher & Toale, PA | – | – | Autism | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | $14,828 |
| 2014-04-21 | 2019-11-15 | R.R. | Edward Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | – | MMR | acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE), a severe form of | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $1,501,820 |
| 2014-04-23 | 2019-05-28 | 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 | 2016-11-02 | R.W. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 6mo | DTaP | encephalopathy, with an aggravation of feeding problems, dys | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-04-28 | 2018-10-24 | K.M.N. | Mary Coffey | Coffey & Nichols, LLC | – | DTaP, Hib, IPV, pneumococcal 1 | seizures and developmental delays | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $431,293 |
| 2014-06-04 | 2016-07-11 | J.L.S. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $75,000 |
| 2014-07-11 | 2015-10-26 | T.A.N. | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher and Toale | – | DTaP | seizures with resulting sequelae including right-sided weakn | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2014-07-18 | 2015-12-03 | P.C.B. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | – | Pentacel | respiratory failure, traumatic brain injury, subdural hemato | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2014-07-23 | 2015-07-23 | Melissa Hall | not in record | – | – | hepatitis B | autoimmune encephalitis | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2014-07-25 | 2014-08-18 | E.D. | Carol Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | Pentacel | seizure disorder, staring spells, and developmental regressi | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2014-07-31 | 2015-05-18 | Carolyn Schutte | LeLand F. Dempsey | Dempsey & Kingsland, P.C. | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,683,104 |
| 2014-08-07 | 2019-07-23 | L.M. | David C. Richards | Christensen & Jensen, P.C. | 5mo | Prevnar (pneumococcal conjugat | epileptic encephalopathy/seizure disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-08-08 | 2017-04-03 | M.R. | not in record | – | – | Inactivated Polio, Hepatitis B | immediate allergic reaction, hives, rashes, and other delete | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2014-08-22 | 2015-05-21 | J.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Hennelly & Steadman, PLC; Vann Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2014-09-05 | 2016-05-16 | Afton J. Montgomery on behalf of Caden J. Benoit | Craig S. Watson | Craig S Watson Attorney | – | – | mumps, swollen left check with knots, mouth sores, speech de | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2014-09-10 | 2016-03-01 | J.B. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2014-09-11 | 2017-11-14 | R.M.H. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | Hib | chronic encephalopathy, manifesting as autism-like symptoms | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-09-25 | 2015-05-14 | D.B. | not in record | – | – | MMR | encephalopathy, an autism disorder, sleep disturbances, and | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2014-10-16 | 2016-04-28 | E.K. | Daniel J. Leeper | Leeper & Leeper | – | MMR | fever, roseola, grand mal seizures, and epilepsy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2014-10-27 | 2015-09-10 | K.S. | not in record | – | 1.0y | MMR | fever, seizure-like symptoms, cyanosis, and developmental di | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-12-01 | 2015-01-12 | K.H. | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | influenza | limbic encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $152,630 |
| 2014-12-10 | 2020-10-05 | 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 |
| 2014-12-22 | 2016-01-29 | M.V. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | neurological symptoms, including speech delay and developmen | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-01-05 | 2024-04-24 | Z.D. | Mark Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 1.6y | influenza | seizure disorder | denied | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-02-04 | 2022-09-15 | D.J.W. | Elizabeth Martin Muldowney | Sands Anderson, P.C. | 5.0y | DTaP-IPV | seizure disorder with cognitive and developmental delays | denied | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2015-02-29 | 2016-06-08 | R.D. | Renee Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTP | mitochondrial disease/dysfunction | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-03-03 | 2017-02-03 | C.P. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | MMR | encephalopathy and behavioral changes | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-03-06 | 2019-12-09 | G.L. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC.; Downing, Allison & Jorgenson | 1.0y | varicella and pneumococcal con | intractable epilepsy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-03-18 | 2015-10-22 | M.R.B. | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $4,506 |
| 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 |
| 2015-05-12 | 2015-11-23 | M.A. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | global developmental delays | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-05-16 | 2017-07-10 | A.H.P. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm, LLC | 4mo | DTaP | Table encephalopathy; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Acute and Ch | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-05-21 | 2022-04-11 | A.S. | Michael McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | 6mo | DTaP | significant aggravation of her previous neurologic and/or ph | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2015-05-29 | 2016-09-06 | J.W. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | MMR | static encephalopathy manifested by autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-06-03 | 2015-07-28 | M.a.-S.m. | Carol L. Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | pertussis | ongoing post-pertussis cough, reactive airway disease (RAD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-06-18 | 2017-09-05 | Z.I. | Lawrence R. Cohan | Anapol Weiss | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $3,031,128 |
| 2015-06-22 | 2017-11-14 | D.B.J. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | Pentacel | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-06-29 | 2025-07-30 | J.C.T. | Renée Gentry, J. Gentry | The Law Office of Renée J. Gentry | 6mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib); PCV13 | global developmental delay, seizure disorder, and encephalop | compensated | Katherine E. Oler | $2,220,599 |
| 2015-07-06 | 2015-07-06 | A.A. | Andrew W. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 13.2y | Gardasil | cognitive issues, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2015-07-09 | 2016-09-22 | J.L.D. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren, et. al., P.C. | – | DTaP | cerebellitis, cerebellar ataxia, torticollis, developmental | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $24,624 |
| 2015-07-13 | 2017-04-10 | R.H. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | DTaP | epilepsy and developmental delays | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2015-07-28 | 2017-03-15 | M.U. | Andrew Downing | – | – | – | non-verbal, mood swings, and tantrums | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-07-31 | 2018-01-17 | E.H. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder and developmental delays | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2015-08-10 | 2018-08-10 | A.M. | William J. Melley | Law Offices of William J. Melley, III | 6mo | DTaP | infantile spasms | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2015-08-21 | 2024-01-30 | A.B. | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC. | 5.0y | MMR | afebrile seizure disorder or focal epilepsy | denied | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2015-08-28 | 2015-08-28 | H.B. | Paul R. Brazil | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | transverse myelitis, encephalomyelitis, neurogenic bladder | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $185,000 |
| 2015-08-31 | 2016-10-17 | R.S. | Meredith Michelle Troberman | Carroll Troberman, PLLC | – | Hib | Chronic Encephalopathy | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-09-01 | 2018-04-27 | Damacio Chewiwi | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante PLLC | – | influenza | NMDA receptor encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $194,848 |
| 2015-09-03 | 2015-09-25 | David Stankovic | not in record | – | 9.0y | MMR | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, autism, | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-09-11 | 2020-08-11 | CK | John F. McHugh | John F. McHugh | 4mo | DTaP | afebrile infantile spasms and a non-Table chronic encephalop | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2015-09-22 | 2017-01-11 | B.Z. | Lawrence Michel | Kennedy, Berkley, et al. | 1.0y | MMR | developmental delays, with the possibility of an underlying | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-09-23 | 2016-02-26 | N.W. | Michael Adly Baseluos | Baseluos Law Firm, PLLC | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $65,000 |
| 2015-09-25 | 2020-05-18 | N.A.C. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 5.0y | Pentacel | pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2015-10-13 | 2017-08-07 | J.V. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | seizures and developmental delays | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2015-10-13 | 2022-02-14 | Mandy Bangerter, parent and next friend of D.B., a minor | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 7mo | DTaP | infantile spasms | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2015-10-16 | 2018-05-22 | A.T. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | – | MMR | encephalopathy | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $420,722 |
| 2015-10-21 | 2015-11-13 | T.H. | John Robert Howie, Jr. | Howie Law, P.C. | – | Tdap | encephalopathy and lower extremity weakness | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2015-10-29 | 2020-06-26 | M.G. | Jeffrey S. Pop | Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,912,267 |
| 2015-11-09 | 2018-03-20 | I.O. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder and learning delays | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2015-11-12 | 2017-07-24 | Devin Beck | not in record | – | – | meningococcal | acute disseminated encephalomyelopathy (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $115,000 |
| 2015-11-15 | 2017-12-12 | J.B.A. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | seizures, developmental delay, and encephalopathy | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2015-11-16 | 2023-08-16 | K.S.S.W. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm, LLC | 3mo | DTaP | seizure disorder, encephalopathy, cortical visual impairment | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2015-12-04 | 2020-01-14 | B.F. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 9mo | DTaP | complex febrile seizures and epilepsy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-12-07 | 2018-07-12 | C.A.C. | not in record | – | – | DTap | encephalopathy manifesting with symptoms of attention defici | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-12-15 | 2017-04-19 | A.M. | Nicholas E. Bunch | White, Getgey & Meyer | – | influenza | seizures and limbic encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $82,500 |
| 2015-12-28 | 2017-10-25 | A.J. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | influenza | seizures and Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (“Anti-NMDAR”) recept | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2016-01-27 | 2018-06-27 | O.G.R. | Diana Stadelnikas Sedar, Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | – | MMR | encephalopathy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $2,513,903 |
| 2016-01-29 | 2024-02-07 | I.H. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, PC | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-02-08 | 2020-08-31 | Radhika Agarwal | Meredith Daniels | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 11.0y | Tdap and meningococcal | autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) with the associated bio | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $2,919,135 |
| 2016-04-04 | 2023-09-05 | B.O. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC | 1.1y | pneumococcal | aggravation of pre-existing epilepsy/seizure disorder, diagn | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-04-18 | 2019-04-16 | P.L. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry, and Knickelbein | – | meningococcal | autoimmune encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $45,705 |
| 2016-04-22 | 2024-01-24 | M.P. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and transverse m | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $165,949 |
| 2016-04-29 | 2018-05-02 | A.H. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | cerebellitis, neuropathy, and Guillain Barré syndrome ("GBS" | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $233,692 |
| 2016-06-16 | 2019-09-09 | Z.E. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, or in the alternative, fever, seizures, spee | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2016-06-27 | 2017-06-27 | R.P. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | DTap | motor planning disorder and sensory processing disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-06-30 | 2016-08-25 | G.R. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | Hepatitis-B | seizures and regression of skills | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-06-30 | 2024-07-19 | E.A. | pro se | – | 16.0y | varicella | seizure disorder, cerebral injury, Major Neurocognitive Diso | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2016-07-20 | 2018-07-25 | A.C. | Howard Scott Gold | Gold Law Firm, LLC | – | DTaP | Mental Developmental Delay, Mixed receptive-expressive langu | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-07-22 | 2022-12-09 | Kaylon Tipps | John R. Howie, Jr. | Howie Law P.C. | 12.0y | Meningococcal and Tdap | meningoencephalitis | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-07-26 | 2023-11-20 | G.J.B. | Isaiah Kalinowski | Bosson Legal Group | 4.2y | Kinrix (DTaP/IPV); MMR; varice | afebrile seizures/epilepsy with stuttering, headache, altere | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-02 | 2024-05-01 | L.R. | Maximillian Muller | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.0y | MMR | anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-08-12 | 2019-10-29 | L.Z. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante | 9mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-22 | 2016-08-22 | D.J. | William E. Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | – | influenza | encephalitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $100,000 |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | not in record | – | 0mo | MMR | encephalopathy | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Phillips | pro se | – | – | MMR vaccines administered to s | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties allegedly foll | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Aprises Phillips and Ivan Phillips, Sr. | not in record | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-27 | 2019-10-11 | A.S. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 3.3y | DTaP | neurologic neglect syndrome, expressive language disorder, u | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-09-09 | 2018-04-26 | Vera Spearman | Howard Dale Mishkind | Mishkind Law Firm Co. L.P.A. | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $200,000 |
| 2016-09-26 | 2016-10-25 | MARVIN BRADLEY KNIGHT | Jenifer M. Placzek | Placzek Winget & Placzek | – | Trivalent Influenza Vaccine | Tremors; Slurred Speech; Confusion; Loss of Motor Skills; At | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2016-09-27 | 2017-08-18 | A.K. | Carol L. Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | MMR | gastrointestinal problems, including celiac disease/immune s | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-25 | 2016-10-25 | H.G.G. | – | – | – | DTaP | pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), autoimmune | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2016-10-26 | 2017-11-14 | T.G. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington Univ. Law School | – | Influenza | various behavioral problems | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |