Ward Black Law

Law Firm · Petitioner Practice VICP Petitioner Practice Last verified
Cases filed
83
Comp rate
89%
Total awarded
$12.9M
Tenure
2014–2024
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Ward Black Law is a U.S. law firm whose name appears on 83 petitions in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The firm's filings on file span 2014-2024, with a compensation rate of 89%. Cases on file have produced $12.9M in total awards. The attorneys appearing on this firm's docket include Nancy Routh Meyers, Nancy Routh Myers.
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How do I find a good VICP lawyer?
Most petitioners hire counsel because the program's evidentiary burden, expert-witness requirements, and procedural rules are complex. Reasonable attorney fees in VICP cases are paid by the program — not by the petitioner — under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(e)(1), so engaging counsel does not reduce a successful petitioner's recovery. You can submit a free inquiry → to have your case forwarded to attorneys with VICP experience, or research Ward Black Law's case history below.
How many VICP cases has Ward Black Law filed?
Ward Black Law has filed 83 petitions in the U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program with publicly-available decisions, between 2014 and 2024.
What is Ward Black Law's compensation rate?
Ward Black Law's overall compensation rate across 83 VICP cases is 89% (74 compensated).
How much has Ward Black Law won in VICP cases?
Cases filed by Ward Black Law have resulted in $12.9M in total compensation awards from the U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (visible-in-public-decisions only).
What kinds of vaccine injury cases does Ward Black Law handle?
Based on the cases on file, Ward Black Law's practice includes Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), Other / multiple, SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration), Transverse myelitis, Encephalitis / encephalopathy, among other vaccine-related conditions.
FiledFinal judgementPetitionerAttorneyFirm Age at VaccinationVaccineCondition OutcomeSpecial MasterAward
2021-02-172024-11-26Jeannie LoweryNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaShoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$76,365
2018-05-312022-06-24Mark D ScarletteNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$444,619
2019-05-312021-02-01Jeffrey Scott CantrellNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$166,256
2019-01-152020-12-02Wendy G. StricklanddeathNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$492,692
2018-11-052020-06-11Lisa K. MathisNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaanaphylaxiscompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$25,000
2018-08-242020-04-30Dolores GorczycaNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$174,100
2018-06-202020-04-16G.L.Nancy Routh MeyersWard Black Law, P.A.Tdapidiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)compensatedKatherine E. Oler$69,189
2018-03-282020-01-24Leonard E. SmithNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzatransverse myelitiscompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$160,000
2019-11-182019-12-30Matthew T. ManleyNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)entitlement_granted_pending_damagesBrian H. Corcoran
2016-04-252019-12-20Jeffrey A. BalesNancy MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre SyndromecompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$1,090,662
2018-06-202019-12-20Christy L. HarrupNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$135,000
2018-06-222019-11-19Candace M. BerlinNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaright shoulder injurycompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$110,000
2018-07-302019-11-06Sarah L. IckesNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder tendonitis, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine AdmicompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$42,500
2018-05-172019-10-31Robert G. BakerNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$140,091
2016-12-022019-10-22C.A.I.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinactivated polio virusdermatomyositiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$423
2018-08-212019-10-21Norma Keller, Personal Representative of the Estate of Elizabeth KellerdeathNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$486,583
2019-08-302019-09-30KIARA S. MASSEYNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawdismissedThomas L. Gowen
2017-08-232019-09-11H.S.Nancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$6,740
2018-06-112019-09-11Willis H. GibbsNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaangioedemacompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$105,000
2014-09-232019-09-02A.P.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzasmall fiber neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome (“GBS”) and compensatedThomas L. Gowen$963,944
2018-04-232019-08-20Glenda C. VaughtersNancy MeyersWard Black Lawpneumococcalaseptic meningitisdismissedHerbrina Sanders Young
2019-04-012019-08-14Susanna J. HowardNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$183,794
2018-03-232019-07-12Rufus D. ParkerNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)dismissedMindy Michaels Roth
2019-07-11Nathaniel J. BoonedeathNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzatransverse myelitiscompensatedHerbrina Sanders Young$175,000
2017-06-122019-04-19A.T.A.Nancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawrotavirusintussusceptioncompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$101,843
2018-04-172019-04-17MAUREEN COOKNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawdismissedThomas L. Gowen
2017-08-022019-04-11Alfred Wade, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Elaine D. WadeNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenza and pneumococcal conacute disseminating encephalomyelitis (ADEM)compensatedMindy Michaels Roth$325,000
2017-10-232019-04-10Douglas T. LesterNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre syndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$200,000
2017-05-052019-04-10Evangelina SalinasNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawpneumococcal conjugatecellulitis and sepsiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$45,096
2017-11-132019-04-09Tamara N. JacksonNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$152,117
2017-06-272019-01-15Stewart GoldsteindeathNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and complications from his illcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$387,000
2016-09-292019-01-07Jennifer L. RatzlaffNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawTdapGuillan-Barré syndromecompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$80,000
2016-05-202019-01-02Robert RhodesNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaTransverse MyelitiscompensatedThomas L. Gowen$20,000
2017-09-122018-12-12Ofilia ArechigaNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$128,741
2018-05-032018-12-03X.J.Nancy Myers .Ward Black Lawinfluenzatransverse myelitiscompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$63,497
2017-06-122018-10-31Constance J. SabinsNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawTdSIRVA, bursitis, and tendinopathycompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$35,000
2018-09-242018-10-24Kathleen KnoxNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawTdapadhesive capsulitiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$15,000
2015-04-082018-10-23Wendy A. AdamsNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzacerebellar ataxia and acute cerebellitiscompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$266,077
2017-08-012018-10-23Stephanie C. SavageNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$67,742
2017-02-172018-08-08Candace M. BerlinNancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaleft shoulder myositiscompensatedChristian J. Moran$8,000
2016-12-142018-06-04Virven WarrenNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre SyndromecompensatedThomas L. Gowen$110,000
2017-04-102018-05-17Blanche BerkowitzNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawpneumococcal conjugateShoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$30,000
2016-10-112018-05-14Kathaleen N. VuinovichNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawInfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$190,255
2016-09-142018-05-02Ismael BlancoNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaChronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$190,000
2016-06-222018-04-26Lavon H. DrakeNancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaparesthesia and cervical/cranial dystoniacompensatedChristian J. Moran$35,000
2017-12-052018-04-18Lisa A. LindmanNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaright shoulder injuries, including bursitiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$75,000
2015-07-202018-04-05Brenda K. BarbeeNancy R. MeyersWard Black Law, P.A.Tdapleft shoulder paincompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$65,000
2016-01-142018-04-05D.J.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$825,000
2017-06-272018-04-05Amanda HolderNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$193,726
2017-12-202018-03-20Lonne MartinecNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaright shoulder bursitiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$55,000
2017-07-062018-01-23Kyle BurtNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawTdapParsonage-Turner syndrome (brachial neuritis)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$40,000
2015-08-192017-12-15Efraim KamaraNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$800,000
2016-10-042017-12-12Doncella H. VoncannonNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder injury related to vaccine administrationcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$108,000
2017-03-282017-11-17Irvin WalserNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaParsonage-Turner syndrome and brachial neuritiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$75,000
2016-09-302017-11-03Tracy KuncaNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzapericarditiscompensatedHerbrina Sanders Young$7,500
2016-10-072017-10-20Anthony CascianoNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzashoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$50,000
2017-07-282017-08-23Randy Blair DavisNancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzapost-vaccine syndrome with demyelinating featurescompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$70,000
2017-02-152017-08-15Paulette R. MilinerNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$200,000
2016-05-162017-08-04W.R.D.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black LawDTaP, IPV, Hep B, Hib, PCV, RosynovitiscompensatedHerbrina Sanders Young$6,000
2016-01-052017-06-26L. Nicole MooreNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzatransverse myelitisdismissed
2015-11-252017-04-19James T. Patterson, Jr.Nancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$165,000
2015-05-122017-03-22B.H.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaurticariacompensatedChristian J. Moran$4,000
2016-09-272017-03-09Yvette A. SuomalaNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaBell's palsycompensatedHerbrina Sanders Young$15,000
2016-10-062017-03-09Jody R. SmithNancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaexacerbation of chronic pain and myalgiacompensatedThomas L. Gowen$17,500
2016-03-032017-02-23Charles A. HallNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaChronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”)compensatedChristian J. Moran$150,000
2016-12-292017-01-27Candace L. HolmesNancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzapseudotumor cerebridismissedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
2015-12-152017-01-10Jamie J. DysonNancy MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$150,000
2015-08-202016-09-23S.R.Nancy Routh MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaleft shoulder injurycompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$211,750
2015-09-302016-08-16Curtis V. BlankenshipNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré syndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$151,824
2015-08-192016-07-14Jose GabaldaNancy MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré syndromecompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$215,000
2014-10-212016-07-06Steven McGeheeNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), transverse myelitis (“TM”),compensatedChristian J. Moran$150,000
2016-05-17ERIC G. CRAVERNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawDTapdismissedNora Beth Dorsey
2014-10-302016-05-05Valerie C. DobbinsNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain Barre SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$175,000
2016-01-292016-05-04Christopher Aaron FitzwaterNancy MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$62,097
2014-11-252016-04-26Douglas A. DinunzioNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedChristian J. Moran$498,000
2016-03-10P. D.-L.Nancy R. MeyersWard Black LawTdappanuveitis, uveitis, and vasculitiscompensatedLaura D. Millman$50,000
2014-12-102016-03-07Brian DukesNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawTdapGuillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$200,000
2015-10-202015-11-13Sherry C. JohnsonNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré SyndromecompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
2014-09-162015-08-10Angela M. SmithNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)compensatedDenise K. Vowell$125,000
2015-04-102015-06-08Deborah N. CooperNancy R. MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzaacute disseminated encephalomyelitiscompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$256,722
2013-01-302014-12-09Michael Parker RittinerNancy Routh MeyersWard Black LawTrivalent Influenzafatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty concentratingdismissedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman
2011-04-292014-10-16Sean David MurphyNancy R. MeyersWard Black LawinfluenzaGuillain-Barré syndromecompensatedChristian J. Moran
2013-08-072014-05-06Gigi H. CorumNancy MeyersWard Black Lawinfluenzatransverse myelitiscompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$201,092