Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, Special Master (2011–present)

Patricia E. Campbell-Smith

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge U.S. Court of Federal Claims · Office of Special Masters Last verified 2026-05-13

Cases decided

Comp rate

20%

Total paid

$969K

Tenure

2011–2014

Patricia E. Campbell-Smith is a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (the parent court of the Office of Special Masters). She does not preside over VICP cases as a Special Master in the ordinary sense; her name appears in the corpus on Court-level review of Special Master decisions.

Decision pattern

Kids vs adults compensation rate

Minors

100%1 cases

Adults

0%3 cases

Minors compensated 100 pts more often than adults

Comp rate — minors

100%

1 of 1 pediatric petitions

vs program 42% +58pt

Comp rate — adults

0 of 3 adult petitions

vs program 65% -65pt

Median compensated award

$969K

half of awards above, half below

vs program $80K

Filed	Final judgement	Petitioner	Attorney	Firm	Age at Vaccination	Vaccine	Condition	Outcome	Special Master	Award
2010-12-21	2014-01-10	Pamela Ann Dillon	William E. Cochran, Jr., Michael G. McLaren	Black, McLaren, Jones, Ryland & Griffee	51.2y	influenza	transverse myelitis	denied	Patricia E. Campbell-Smith	–
2006-03-23	2013-12-03	R.B.M.	–	–	–	MMR	encephalitis	compensated	Patricia E. Campbell-Smith	$969,474
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	–
2003-02-07	2011-06-22	Tonya L. Jarvis	–	–	30.0y	hepatitis B	neurological injury	denied	Patricia E. Campbell-Smith	–
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	–

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