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.
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| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-18 | 2015-11-20 | W.T.M. | Mark L. Krueger | Krueger & Hernandez, S.C. | – | MMR | cerebrovascular incident | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $460,135 |
| 2013-07-25 | 2014-07-01 | Melinda A. Schmidt | Lawrence G. Michel | Kennedy, Berkley, et al. | – | influenza | encephalomyelitis | compensated | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | $26,000 |
| 2013-08-08 | 2015-02-06 | 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 | 2016-12-08 | S.F. | Scott W. Rooney | Nemes, Rooney P.C. | – | DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella | encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $80,000 |
| 2013-08-26 | 2015-08-26 | 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 | 2016-03-09 | 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 | 2020-04-07 | 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 | 2014-06-27 | 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 | – |
| 2013-09-23 | 2014-04-24 | R.D.S. | Lorraine J. Mansfield | – | 9mo | influenza | cerebral palsy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2013-10-07 | 2014-06-12 | L.B. | Thomas P. Gallagher | Thomas Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | DTap | infantile spasms | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2013-10-17 | 2017-06-09 | 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. | Andrew D. Downing | – | 1.0y | MMR | anaphylactic shock, encephalopathy with resulting developmen | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2013-12-05 | 2017-09-22 | R.B. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante PLLC | 12.3y | HPV | anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $195,000 |
| 2014-01-23 | 2014-07-25 | E.D. | Carol Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | Pentacel | seizure disorder, staring spells, and developmental regressi | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 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 | 2017-05-01 | 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 | 2016-07-11 | 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 | 2016-03-18 | 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 | 2016-02-29 | A.S. | Valerie Ann Borek | V. Borek Law Firm | – | DTaP | vaccinosis, regressive encephalopathy, chronic ear infection | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-03-04 | 2015-03-18 | M.R.B. | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $4,506 |
| 2014-03-05 | 2014-12-12 | T.A.S. | Bryant L. Lewis | Lewis & Johnson, Attorneys at Law | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $160,000 |
| 2014-03-06 | 2017-09-19 | 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 | 2019-10-21 | 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 | 2019-03-18 | 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 | – |
| 2014-04-28 | 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 | 2015-05-06 | T.A.N. | Anne C. Toale | Maglio Christopher and Toale | – | DTaP | seizures with resulting sequelae including right-sided weakn | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2014-07-14 | 2014-12-01 | K.H. | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | influenza | limbic encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $152,630 |
| 2014-07-18 | 2015-10-28 | 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 | – |
| 2014-07-31 | 2015-02-24 | Carolyn Schutte | LeLand F. Dempsey | Dempsey & Kingsland, P.C. | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,683,104 |
| 2014-08-05 | 2015-10-21 | T.H. | John Robert Howie, Jr. | Howie Law, P.C. | – | Tdap | encephalopathy and lower extremity weakness | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 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 | 2017-03-06 | M.R. | Peter M. Zirbes | – | – | Inactivated Polio, Hepatitis B | immediate allergic reaction, hives, rashes, and other delete | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2014-08-22 | 2015-04-29 | J.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Hennelly & Steadman, PLC; Vann Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | Autism | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2014-09-05 | 2016-04-25 | 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 | 2016-02-09 | J.B. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2014-09-11 | 2017-09-11 | 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 | – |
| 2014-09-23 | 2015-08-27 | N.W. | Michael Adly Baseluos | Baseluos Law Firm, PLLC | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $65,000 |
| 2014-09-25 | 2015-04-14 | D.B. | pro se | – | – | MMR | encephalopathy, an autism disorder, sleep disturbances, and | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2014-10-16 | 2016-05-13 | 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. | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | fever, seizure-like symptoms, cyanosis, and developmental di | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2014-11-04 | 2015-06-03 | 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 | – |
| 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 |
| 2014-12-22 | 2016-01-06 | M.V. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | neurological symptoms, including speech delay and developmen | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-01-05 | 2024-03-28 | Z.D. | Mark Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 1.6y | influenza | seizure disorder | denied | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-02-04 | 2022-08-31 | 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 | – |
| 2015-02-11 | 2016-06-30 | G.R. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | Hepatitis-B | seizures and regression of skills | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-02-23 | 2016-08-22 | D.J. | William E. Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | – | influenza | encephalitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $100,000 |
| 2015-02-29 | 2016-05-18 | R.D. | Renee Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTP | mitochondrial disease/dysfunction | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-03-03 | 2017-01-09 | C.P. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | MMR | encephalopathy and behavioral changes | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-03-06 | 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 | – |
| 2015-03-06 | 2023-11-29 | G.L. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC.; Downing, Allison & Jorgenson | 1.0y | varicella and pneumococcal con | intractable epilepsy | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 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 | 2017-05-16 | 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 | 2022-02-17 | A.S. | Michael McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | 6mo | DTaP | significant aggravation of her previous neurologic and/or ph | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2015-05-29 | 2016-08-09 | 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 | – |
| 2015-06-18 | 2017-08-07 | Z.I. | Lawrence R. Cohan | Anapol Weiss | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $3,031,128 |
| 2015-06-22 | 2017-09-11 | D.B.J. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | Pentacel | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-06-29 | 2016-12-01 | Beverly Sharifipour | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $413,422 |
| 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 |
| 2015-07-09 | 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 | 2017-03-14 | R.H. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | DTaP | epilepsy and developmental delays | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2015-07-23 | 2016-08-31 | Michael Purcell | Matthew F. Belanger | Faraci Lange, LLP | – | influenza | viral encephalitis and acute retinal necrosis | compensated | – | $325,000 |
| 2015-07-28 | 2017-02-17 | M.U. | Andrew Downing | – | – | – | non-verbal, mood swings, and tantrums | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2015-07-31 | 2017-11-28 | 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 | 2023-04-11 | A.B. | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC. | 5.0y | MMR | afebrile seizure disorder or focal epilepsy | denied | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2015-08-31 | 2016-08-31 | R.S. | Meredith Michelle Troberman | Carroll Troberman, PLLC | – | Hib | Chronic Encephalopathy | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-09-01 | 2018-03-28 | 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 | pro se | – | 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 | 2016-12-15 | B.Z. | Lawrence Michel | Kennedy, Berkley, et al. | 1.0y | MMR | developmental delays, with the possibility of an underlying | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-09-25 | 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 | 2017-07-11 | J.V. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | – | seizures and developmental delays | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2015-10-13 | 2022-01-18 | 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 | 2018-04-20 | A.T. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | – | MMR | encephalopathy | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $420,722 |
| 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 | 2018-02-13 | 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 | Danielle A. Strait | – | – | meningococcal | acute disseminated encephalomyelopathy (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $115,000 |
| 2015-11-15 | 2017-11-15 | 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 | 2024-01-29 | 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. | Andrew D. Downing | – | – | DTap | encephalopathy manifesting with symptoms of attention defici | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2015-12-15 | 2017-03-22 | 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 | – |
| 2016-01-15 | 2017-06-22 | N.J. | Mark T. Sadaka | – | – | MMR | vaccine-induced encephalopathy and/or brain damage | dismissed | – | – |
| 2016-01-27 | 2017-11-20 | 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 | 2021-07-15 | 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 | $2,022,234 |
| 2016-02-26 | 2016-09-27 | A.K. | Carol L. Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | MMR | gastrointestinal problems, including celiac disease/immune s | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-04-04 | 2023-08-08 | 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 | – |
| 2016-04-07 | 2016-10-25 | H.G.G. | Michael A. Firestone | – | – | DTaP | pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), autoimmune | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |