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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-01-26 | 1994-01-26 | Ms. Staples | John R. Brydon | – | 37.0y | inactivated polio vaccine (IPV | paralytic polio | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1990-03-09 | 1993-03-09 | David Bradley Whitedeath | Richard B. Arrotta | – | 2mo | DPT | drowning with aspiration of gastric content secondary to sei | denied | – | – |
| 1990-05-24 | 1993-01-21 | Jonathan Reusser | Richard Gage | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1990-06-10 | 1999-06-10 | Natalie Sworddeath | not in record | – | 1mo | DPT | encephalopathy | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-06-25 | 1993-06-25 | Trisha Estep | not in record | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy with permanent neurological sequela, includin | compensated | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-07-26 | 1993-07-08 | Brian J. Roedl | Suzanne Sturgeon | – | 1.0y | MMR | lack of muscular coordination, epilepsy, and mental retardat | denied | – | – |
| 1990-08-16 | 1993-08-13 | Julie Chen | Eve L. Hill | Pierson Semes & Finley | 1.5y | DPT | encephalopathy and significant aggravation of pre-existing n | denied | – | – |
| 1990-09-05 | 1993-11-10 | Christopher Murphy | Robert T. Moxley | – | – | DPT | seizures following a DPT vaccination which triggered the adv | denied | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-09-10 | 1992-12-23 | Heather McCummings | Keith W. Donahoe | – | 7mo | DPT and OPV | transverse myelitis | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1990-09-10 | 1993-06-24 | Christopher Mistretta | Dominic E. Amadio | – | 9mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder | denied | – | – |
| 1990-09-18 | 1994-07-22 | Chance Kevin Ankenbauer | Michael R. Hugo | – | 2mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT Table encephalopathy and residual seizure disord | denied | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1990-09-19 | 1997-11-25 | Matthew James Huston | John R. Brydon | – | 1.0y | MMR | transverse myelitis | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1990-09-21 | 2000-11-06 | Ashley Flanagan | Robert T. Moxley | – | 7mo | DPT | convulsions | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-24 | 1995-03-23 | Bridgham | Michael R. Hugo | – | – | – | – | denied | E. LaVon French | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1994-01-19 | Kerri Woodard | Michael J. D’Arcangelo | – | 3mo | DPT | infantile spasms | denied | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1997-09-15 | Michael Hanlon | Robert T. Moxley | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder with tuberous sclerosis found to b | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 2001-02-20 | Trevor Hulbert | Robert T. Moxley | – | 3mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT Table seizure onset/residual seizure disorder an | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-25 | 1997-10-27 | Diane C. Lett | William P. Ronan | – | 1.3y | DPT | residual seizure disorder | dismissed | E. LaVon French | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1996-02-09 | Donald Horner, Jr. | William J. Stapleton | – | 3mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder and/or encephalopathy and/or shock | unclear | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1993-07-30 | Amy Lynne Ware | Thomas G. Wilson | – | – | DPT | seizures | dismissed | Paul T. Baird | – |
| 1990-09-26 | 1997-01-15 | Spratling | not in record | – | – | polio | paralysis | dismissed | – | – |
| 1990-09-27 | 1993-12-21 | David Suel | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 5mo | DPT | aggravation of tuberous sclerosis in the form of an encephal | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-09-27 | 1993-09-23 | Patricia Ann Piperdeath | Conrad R. Kindsfather | – | 6mo | DPT | hypotonic-hyporesponsive collapse | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1999-11-17 | Jennifer Lawsondeath | Ronald C. Homer | – | 7mo | DPT | progressive central nervous system demyelinating disease | unclear | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1998-08-07 | Phillip Bobby Camerydeath | Richard Gage | – | 1mo | DPT | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1999-09-13 | Nina Ann Cohn | not in record | – | 2mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | alleged DPT-related grand mal seizure/coma and lifelong peti | dismissed | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1997-01-17 | Curtis Gurrdeath | Joseph J. Mellon | – | 2mo | DPT | encephalopathy leading to death | dismissed | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1995-08-21 | Edith Thornton | A. Leroy Toliver | – | 29.0y | polio | complete paralysis, followed by crippling and debilitating p | dismissed | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1998-12-01 | Kristy M. Henkel | Edward L. Allen | – | 4mo | DPT | seizures / tuberous sclerosis significant-aggravation claim | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1998-08-26 | Brian Christopher Wittner | Christopher Ted Olsen | – | 3mo | DPT | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | denied | – | – |
| 1990-10-01 | 1996-08-29 | Frank V. Snyder, Jr. | Boyd A England | – | 7mo | DPT | encephalopathy | dismissed | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1990-12-03 | 1996-12-03 | Justin Travis Lankforddeath | Larry D. Ashworth | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1990-12-14 | 1998-12-17 | Rachael Lampe | Craig Lewis | Gallagher, Lewis & Downey | – | DPT | encephalopathy, residual seizure disorder, mental retardatio | denied | – | – |
| 1991-01-24 | 1994-01-24 | Kurt Shifflett | Andrew W. Dodd | – | 2mo | DPT and OPV | OPV-related bulbar paralytic polio | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | – | – |
| 1991-01-29 | 1996-05-21 | Shakia Tany-ka Dickerson | Paul M. Vincent | – | 3mo | diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis ( | alleged DTP Table residual seizure disorder; afebrile seizur | unclear | John F. Edwards | – |
| 1991-01-30 | 1997-06-19 | Carol Hovey | Melvin C. Wilson | – | 5mo | DPT/P | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1991-01-31 | 1997-10-27 | Christina Kaminskideath | William P. Ronan, III | – | 2mo | DPT | shock collapse | unclear | – | – |
| 1991-10-21 | 1995-02-03 | Jeffrey Hossackdeath | not in record | – | 2mo | diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus ( | DPT Table HHE/shock collapse with death as sequela; death ce | compensated | E. LaVon French | $250,000 |
| 1992-04-16 | 1994-03-29 | Nicholas Song | Milton Danon | – | 4mo | DTP | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | dismissed | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1992-05-14 | 1997-11-21 | Christian Rhys Vant Erve | A. Leroy Toliver | – | 2mo | DPT | residual seizure disorder/encephalopathy claim; possible pro | unclear | – | – |
| 1992-11-03 | 1997-12-03 | Billy | E. James Thompson, Jr. | – | – | DPT | residual seizure disorder and encephalopathy | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1993-07-14 | 1997-01-31 | Jason Lucas Andersondeath | Ronald C. Homer | – | 2mo | DPT, oral polio, Hib | death; alleged hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode/shock collap | denied | Elizabeth E. Wright | – |
| 1993-08-23 | 1995-03-23 | Kenneth L. Walker, IVdeath | Michael R. Hugo | – | 2mo | DPT | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) allegedly caused by ence | denied | – | – |
| 1993-11-08 | 1996-01-29 | Randall Tyler Rooks | Ronald C. Homer | – | – | MMR | cerebral dysgenesis including agenesis of the corpus callosu | unclear | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1994-01-31 | 2006-01-09 | E. Barbara Snyderdeath | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 45.0y | MMR | – | dismissed | – | – |
| 1994-04-08 | 1996-09-11 | Garrett Joseph Gilesdeath | Kirk A. McCarville | – | 2mo | DPT, oral polio (OPV), Hib | death; alleged HHC/HHE and encephalopathy after DPT; RSV bro | denied | – | – |
| 1994-05-18 | 1995-08-02 | Zachary Hinkledeath | Gustav L. Nelson, III | – | 5mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1995-01-12 | 1998-10-15 | Cassandra Hoag | John K. McPherson | – | 3mo | DPT | encephalopathy | denied | – | – |
| 1995-01-13 | 2004-05-03 | Irene Baker Gruber | Timothy B. Saylor | Allen Schulman & Assoc. Co., LPA | 6mo | DPT | Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy (SME) with significant aggravation | unclear | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1995-03-24 | 1998-07-01 | Melissa Trojanowiez | pro se | – | 4.9y | DPT | chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (C | denied | – | – |
| 1995-04-04 | 1997-09-23 | Cheyenne Michael Shyfacedeath | Curtis R. Webb | – | – | DPT | encephalopathy | unclear | E. LaVon French | – |
| 1995-07-12 | 1998-07-10 | Julie F. Terran | Andrew W. Dodd | – | 2mo | DPT | seizure episode, afebrile seizures, seizure activity, seizur | denied | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 1995-10-26 | 2003-12-16 | Dilema Moreno | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan | 44.0y | MMR | chronic arthropathy | compensated | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 1997-02-10 | 1998-07-15 | Jessica Muchnick | Jonathan P. Sexton | – | 1.2y | MMR | chronic arthritis | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 1997-08-18 | 1999-10-12 | Ms. Fadelalla | not in record | – | – | rubella | Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) | denied | – | – |
| 1998-07-29 | 2012-02-28 | Paul A. Viscontini | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker & Associates | 13.0y | Hepatitis B | Crohn's disease | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 1998-12-09 | 2009-07-07 | Michelle Cedillo | Ronald C. Homer | – | 1.3y | MMR | severe autism and gastrointestinal injuries | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 1999-01-12 | 2005-01-12 | John R. Schneider | pro se | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | neurologic injuries | denied | – | – |
| 1999-01-26 | 2005-01-26 | Casey Hocraffer | Paul S. Dannenburg | – | 15.7y | hepatitis B | Reye’s Syndrome, encephalopathy, mental and physical deficit | unclear | E. LaVon French | – |
| 1999-06-28 | 2013-01-28 | Nathan House | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 23.0y | hepatitis B | Crohn's disease | unclear | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | – |
| 1999-06-28 | 2003-06-27 | Taylor Morris | not in record | – | 4mo | OPV | transverse myelitis | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 1999-07-26 | 2008-01-31 | Jay Nussman | Clifford J. Shoemaker | – | 14.3y | hepatitis B | confusion of unknown etiology, possible partial seizure, sei | denied | – | – |
| 1999-07-28 | 2011-10-26 | Thomas Ricci | David L. Terzian | Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell, P.C. | 3mo | Hepatitis B | encephalopathy and/or encephalitis and/or meningoencephaliti | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 1999-08-02 | 2011-10-31 | Elizabeth Shapiro | Clifford John Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 42.0y | hepatitis B | hypothyroidism and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) | unclear | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 1999-08-04 | 2006-03-08 | Vera Analla | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 40.6y | Hepatitis B | rheumatoid arthritis | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1999-08-04 | 2004-11-24 | Nancy Manville | Ronald Craig Homer | – | – | hepatitis B | rheumatoid arthritis | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 1999-10-06 | 2002-04-05 | Lena Tebeherani | Ronald Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 4.5y | DaPT | childhood disintegration disorder and autistic behaviors, wi | denied | – | – |
| 2000-03-31 | 2003-07-02 | Althen | Ronald C. Homer | – | – | tetanus toxoid | optic neuritis and subsequent demyelinating illness | unclear | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2000-06-23 | 2013-05-31 | MARIAN UNDERWOOD, as parent of and legal representative of the Estate of CESAR ZACHARY MORENO, deceaseddeath | Ronald Craig Homer | – | – | hepatitis B | death | denied | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | – |
| 2000-07-10 | 2003-01-31 | Dylon Finley | not in record | – | 1.2y | MMR | epilepsy and subsequent speech impediment | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2000-12-11 | 2007-12-14 | Ruby Hopkins | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 4.0y | HIB/DTP/OPV | bilateral sensorineural hearing loss | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2000-12-11 | 2008-01-07 | Finn Hopkins | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 1.6y | HIB, DTP, OPV | bilateral sensorineural hearing loss | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2001-04-20 | 2005-05-26 | Richard Piscopo | pro se | – | – | Hepatitis B | immune disorder | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 2001-06-14 | 2004-05-03 | Manasseh Micleadeath | Richard Gage | Gage and Moxley, P.C. | 1.2y | MMR | hemophagocytic lymphohistiocystosis (HLH) | unclear | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-01-04 | 2017-08-31 | J.M. and V.M. on behalf of V.J.M. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 1.0y | MMR | pervasive developmental disorder (“PDD”), not otherwise spec | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-01-31 | 2017-08-31 | JMF | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 2mo | MMR | autism disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-03-21 | 2005-08-31 | Ryan Kelley | Ronald C. Homer | – | 14.0y | tetanus toxoid | Guillain-Barre syndrome, later categorized as chronic inflam | compensated | – | – |
| 2002-05-10 | 2016-05-19 | SRH | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.3y | Hib | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-08-23 | 2010-06-03 | Esther Hall | Richard Gage | Gage & Moxley, P.C.; Richard Gage, P.C. | – | hepatitis B | brachial plexus neuropathy | compensated | – | – |
| 2002-09-16 | 2011-07-05 | Hayley Gravesdeath | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 9mo | Prevnar | seizures, intractable seizures, status epilepticus, hypoxic | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2002-10-01 | 2017-05-05 | R.A. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan | 1.0y | MMR | Autism Spectrum Disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2002-11-15 | 2017-08-31 | I.M.S. | Edward M. Kraus, John F. McHugh | Law Offices of Chicago Kent; Law Office of John McHugh | – | – | autistic disorder (AD) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2003-01-31 | 2009-10-19 | Devon Stapleford | Ronald C. Homer | Jeffrey S. Thompson, and Thao Da Ho, Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 1.1y | varicella | seizure disorder with developmental delay | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2003-02-07 | 2011-06-22 | Tonya L. Jarvis | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker & Associates | 30.0y | hepatitis B | neurological injury | denied | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | – |
| 2003-02-19 | 2017-03-15 | P.A.L., III | pro se | – | 1.3y | DTaP | encephalopathic injury, later manifesting as autism or an un | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2003-03-26 | 2016-02-12 | A.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 2.0y | influenza | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2003-05-07 | 2017-08-31 | J.H.R. and H.R.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | MMR | autistic disorder; pervasive developmental disorder, not oth | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 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 |
| 2004-02-27 | 2017-08-31 | U.L. | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2004-03-12 | 2015-05-14 | N.B. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-06-10 | 2017-08-31 | LEIGH EWORONSKY, parent of A.E., a minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | Autistic Disorder (AD); pervasive developmental disorder (PD | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2004-07-06 | 2016-01-19 | DAC | Clifford Shoemaker, Thao Ho, Harry G. Potter | – | 7mo | DTP | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-08-13 | 2007-01-18 | Adams | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Renee J. Gentry, Shoemaker and Associates | 0mo | Hepatitis B | seizure disorder | compensated | – | – |
| 2004-11-29 | 2019-05-24 | C.A.P. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 5mo | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-01-10 | 2007-04-24 | April Spates | Thomas P. Gallagher | – | 26.1y | MMR | miscarriage | denied | – | – |
| 2005-01-18 | 2008-07-24 | Jody L. Nordwalldeath | John F. McHugh | – | 1mo | DTaP | death from positional asphyxia | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2005-01-21 | 2017-05-23 | A.H.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 0mo | hepatitis B | mitochondrial disorder aggravated by vaccination, leading to | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2005-02-10 | 2017-08-31 | Richard Kristopher Young and Christina Young, Parents of K.L.Y., a Minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-02-28 | 2014-12-29 | E.L.M. | Michael Cave | Cave Law Firm | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | – | – |
| 2005-03-30 | 2008-06-26 | Kelly Boley | Ronald C. Homer | – | 29.0y | hepatitis B | neurological injuries and emotional distress | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
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