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 · 54 Vaccine: MMRCondition: Encephalitis / encephalopathyclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-10-01 | 1994-05-10 | Martha McGowan | David W. Cooney | – | 12mo | measles | encephalopathy | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2003-11-06 | 2005-07-22 | Jordan Maza | Martin J. Rubenstein | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | denied | – | – |
| 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 |
| 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 | – |
| 2006-03-23 | 2013-12-03 | R.B.M. | not in record | – | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | $969,474 |
| 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 |
| 2011-01-13 | 2014-03-18 | S.M.death | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer and Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | Hepatitis A, Varicella, MMR | encephalopathy and death | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $170,000 |
| 2011-06-14 | 2014-03-07 | N.A. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Denise K. Vowell | $1,341,607 |
| 2011-10-20 | 2015-08-17 | S.A.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,000 |
| 2012-01-27 | 2014-10-07 | Misty Kelm, Parent of B.K., a Minor | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | MMR | neurological injuries | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2012-03-26 | 2014-02-25 | 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 | $250,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2013-09-16 | 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 | – |
| 2013-11-08 | 2016-11-17 | M.M. | Andrew D. Downing | – | 1.0y | MMR | anaphylactic shock, encephalopathy with resulting developmen | 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 |
| 2014-04-21 | 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 |
| 2015-03-03 | 2017-01-09 | C.P. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | MMR | encephalopathy and behavioral changes | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2015-04-15 | 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 |
| 2015-10-16 | 2018-04-20 | A.T. | Edward M. Kraus | Law Offices of Chicago Kent | – | MMR | encephalopathy | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $420,722 |
| 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 | – |
| 2016-01-15 | 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 |
| 2016-04-22 | 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 |
| 2016-08-02 | 2024-03-28 | L.R. | Maximillian Muller | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.0y | MMR | anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | pro se | – | 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. | pro se | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-09-09 | 2018-01-22 | Vera Spearman | Howard Dale Mishkind | Mishkind Law Firm Co. L.P.A. | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $200,000 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2018-04-12 | P.C.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | MMR | encephalitis and/or encephalopathy, developmental regression | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-07-05 | 2021-11-23 | Christine Midnight | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | MMR, Tdap, varicella | encephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduced | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-10-15 | 2018-10-15 | Kole Knuradeath | Daniel H. Pfeifer | Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”); epileptic enc | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2018-02-27 | 2024-10-01 | L.S. | Scott B. Taylor | Urban & Taylor, S.C. | 6.0y | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 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 |
| 2019-01-16 | 2025-06-24 | R.D. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Mctlaw | – | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $95,000 |
| 2019-04-03 | 2020-06-16 | I.N. | Bruce W. Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMRV | non-epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, general seizu | dismissed | 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 | – |
| 2019-05-30 | 2025-05-07 | J.H. | Anne Toale | Mctlaw | – | MMRV/DTaP | Table encephalopathy, or alternatively, an off-Table injury | unclear | – | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2019-09-23 | 2024-02-27 | L.C. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $721,446 |
| 2020-06-22 | 2025-01-24 | Lindy Sells | Renee J. Gentry | The Law Office of Renee J. Gentry | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2020-12-30 | 2023-06-26 | J.B. | Bruce William Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMR and/or Tdap | right frontal intraparenchymal hemorrhage secondary to a rup | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2021-04-16 | 2025-07-31 | Adwoa Ampofo-Addo | Maximillian J. Muller | Muller Brazil, LLP | 37.0y | Tdap; MMR; varicella | MOGAD / acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2021-05-07 | 2022-06-21 | W.J. | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | chronic encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2021-10-21 | 2025-06-25 | R.M.H. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | MMRV | acute autoimmune encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2022-03-22 | 2026-04-16 | B.T. | Curtis R. Webb | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2023-09-19 | 2026-02-26 | R.R.K. | Brian Robert Arnold | Brian R. Arnold & Associates | – | measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) | encephalopathy | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| – | 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 | – | – |
| – | 2004-01-23 | Christopher | Stephanie J. Hartley | Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews, P.A. | – | MMR | acute encephalopathy | dismissed | – | – |
| – | 2018-04-18 | E.J.Q. | Andrew M. Krueger | Krueger & Hernandez S.C. | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $200,000 |
| – | 2019-07-31 | M.H. | John Robert Howie, Jr. | Howie Law, PC | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| – | 2006-02-07 | Joey Nilsondeath | Richard H. Moeller | – | 5.1y | DTaP, MMR, Polio | encephalopathy following cardiorespiratory arrest | denied | – | – |
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