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 · 14 Vaccine: VaricellaCondition: Encephalitis / encephalopathyclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-18 | 2017-01-17 | Robert Battistone | Anne Toale | Maglio, Christopher and Toale | – | varicella | post-vaccination encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $536,135 |
| 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 |
| 2011-08-09 | 2015-01-16 | T.T.H. | Peter Joseph Sarda | Creech Law Firm | 2.0y | varicella | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 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 | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2014-04-30 | 2020-01-28 | Madison Astle | Clifford J. Shoemaker, Renee J. Gentry | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein; The Law Office of Renee J. Gentry | 13.0y | varicella | intracranial hypertension; chronic headaches; pseudotumor ce | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $256,284 |
| 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 |
| 2016-07-29 | 2021-01-12 | Miriana Rodriguez Burgos | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | varicella | cerebritis | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2018-04-04 | 2023-08-03 | C.G. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm | 8.0y | varicella | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 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 | – |
| 2019-11-15 | 2023-11-08 | K.E. | Jonathan Joseph Svitak | Shannon Law Group; Shannon Law Group, P.C. | – | varicella | varicella-strain virus and related sequelae as well as vacci | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,681 |
| 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 | – |
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