Varicella — VICP cases

This page indexes every case in the VICP Registry where the alleged injury is connected to the Varicella vaccine. There are 93 such cases on file: 51 compensated, 7 deaths, total compensation $11,089,188.63.

What the record shows: The VICP has decided 92 cases naming the Varicella vaccine since 2003. 50 (54%) ended in compensation, with a median award of $75,000. The median time from petition filing to decision was 33.2 months. The condition category appearing most often in these petitions was Other / multiple. Figures are computed from the published court decisions indexed on this page; every case links to its original source document. Compensation reflects the court's application of the program's legal standards to an individual claim — it is not a medical or scientific finding about vaccines generally.

FiledFinal judgementPetitionerAttorneyFirm Age at VaccinationVaccineCondition OutcomeSpecial MasterAward
2002-07-152003-06-13Austin J. Setnesnot in record–1.0yMMR, DTaP-Hib, Varicella, OPVautism spectrum disorderunclearGeorge L. Hastings Jr.–
2003-01-312009-10-19Devon StaplefordRonald C. HomerJeffrey S. Thompson, and Thao Da Ho, Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.1.1yvaricellaseizure disorder with developmental delaydismissedGeorge L. Hastings Jr.–
2005-04-142015-05-12N.S.Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Ronald C. HomerConway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.–MMR; varicellaseizure disorder resulting in global developmental delaycompensatedThomas L. Gowen$550,000
2005-06-072010-03-19Pamela Doyle on behalf of KatelynPeter Harwood MeyersNational Law Center1.0yMMR; varicellaidiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)deniedGary J. Golkiewicz–
2007-01-192015-04-20JDHerbert WaichmanParker Waichman LLP1.0yvaricellaautism spectrum disorderdeniedGeorge L. Hastings Jr.–
2007-01-192015-05-27LDPatricia A. FinnPatricia A. Finn, P.C.1.0yvaricellaautism and related conditionsdeniedGeorge L. Hastings Jr.–
2007-02-162015-03-06L.B.Curtis WebbWebb, Webb, & Guerry–MMR, varicellaOpsoclonus Myoclonus syndrome (“OMS”)compensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman–
2009-08-072014-07-01N.D.Ramon Rodriguez, IIIRawl, McNelis and Mitchell, P.C.–varicellaencephalitis, intractable seizure disorder, and personality compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$505,547
2009-12-182017-01-17Robert BattistoneAnne ToaleMaglio, Christopher and Toale–varicellapost-vaccination encephalitiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$536,135
2010-05-272014-02-24Jennifer Englingnot in record––varicellamultiple sclerosis (MS)compensated–$450,000
2010-08-052014-05-28K.F.Franklin John CaldwellMaglio, Christopher & Toale–varicellaImmune Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP)compensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$75,000
2010-08-192014-12-01Robert DiMatteoPatricia Ann FinnPatricia Finn Esq.–Varicellatransverse myelitiscompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman–
2011-01-132014-03-18S.M.deathRonald C. HomerConway, Homer and Chin-Caplan, P.C.–Hepatitis A, Varicella, MMRencephalopathy and deathcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$170,000
2011-08-092015-01-16T.T.H.Peter Joseph SardaCreech Law Firm2.0yvaricellaencephalitiscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey–
2011-11-152017-09-01W.R.Clifford J. ShoemakerVienna2moPediarix (DTaP/Hep B/IPV), Hibautism spectrum disorder; alleged encephalopathy, developmendeniedGeorge L. Hastings Jr.–
2013-03-282013-09-27Ina ScanlonDavid P. MurphyDavid P. Murphy & Associates, P.C.–varicella zosterimmune thrombocytopeniadismissedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman–
2013-04-052014-10-14Ian KratzerDiana Stadelnikas SedarMaglio Christopher and Toale, P.A.–varicellaGuillain-Barre SyndromecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey–
2013-05-082014-07-21C.M.P.David Porter MurphyDavid P. Murphy & Associates, P.C.–varicellaIdiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)compensatedThomas L. Gowen$10,000
2013-05-102015-05-21S.R.C.Nicholas E. BunchWhite, Getgey & Meyer2.4yvaricellaataxiacompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$50,000
2013-06-172015-03-25A.S.Lawrence R. CohanAnapol, Schwartz, et. al.–VaricellalipodystrophycompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$35,000
2013-08-152016-12-08S.F.Scott W. RooneyNemes, Rooney P.C.–DTaP, IPV, MMR, VaricellaencephalitiscompensatedThomas L. Gowen$80,000
2013-08-262015-08-26A.H.R.Marcus J. MichlesMichles & Booth P.A.1.2yDTaP, Hib, influenza, varicellautism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental delay, encephadismissedDenise K. Vowell–
2013-09-112014-11-05B.C.Jeffrey S. PopJeffrey S. Pop & Associates–varicellaHerpes ZostercompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$12,500
2013-09-162020-04-07DAVID BECKER, parent of DB, a minorRobert Joel KrakowLaw Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C.–Hepatitis A, MMR, VaricellaencephalopathycompensatedDaniel T. Horner–
2013-10-222014-03-06Anita Lee, in Her Own Right and as Best Friend of Her Daughter, Kyla LeeJohn F. McHughLaw Office of John McHugh–MMR and varicellaspeech delay; pervasive developmental delaydismissedLaura D. Millman–
2013-11-222014-06-17Charles W. Brown, in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Kathryn C. Brown, deceaseddeathAndrew Wallace HuttonHutton & Hutton; Hutton & Hutton Law Firm, L.L.C.–varicellamulti-system failure and deathcompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$400,000
2013-12-172016-02-22A.H.Meredith Daniels, Ronald Craig HomerConway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.5mohepatitis A, varicellaGuillain-Barré syndromecompensatedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman$75,418
2014-01-242020-07-28J.P.Scott W. RooneyNemes Rooney P.C.3.1yvaricellaChronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)deniedThomas L. Gowen–
2014-03-062017-09-19A.U.D.Edward KrausLaw Offices, Chicago Kent College of Law–varicellalimbic encephalitisdismissedThomas L. Gowen–
2014-04-302020-01-28Madison AstleClifford J. Shoemaker, Renee J. GentryShoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein; The Law Office of Renee J. Gentry13.0yvaricellaintracranial hypertension; chronic headaches; pseudotumor cecompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$256,284
2014-07-162016-09-08Elisabeth SmirniotisJ. Krakow–18.0ymeningococcal and varicellaneurological disorder and/or an autoimmune conditionunclearLaura D. Millman–
2014-10-282017-02-06L.J.G.Paul DannenbergLaw Offices of Paul S. Dannenberg–varicellapneumoniadismissedMindy Michaels Roth–
2014-12-222016-12-13M.M.Verne E. Paradie, Jr.Paradie, Sherman, Walker & Worden–Varicellachronic urticarial and chronic hives, as well as episodes ofdismissedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman–
2015-03-062023-11-29G.L.Andrew D. DowningVan Cott & Talamante, PLLC.; Downing, Allison & Jorgenson1.0yvaricella and pneumococcal conintractable epilepsycompensatedMindy Michaels Roth–
2015-04-022016-05-25Adrian ChanderdatJohn Robert Howie, Jr.Howie Law, P.C.–varicelladisseminated varicella zoster infection with interstitial pncompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$1,402,899
2015-04-152025-03-19A.E.Richard GageRichard Gage, P.C.1.0yHib; MMR; pneumococcal conjugaacute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)compensatedDaniel T. Horner$3,141,304
2015-05-072015-09-18SDWJohn F. McHughLaw Office of John McHugh1.0yHib, MMR, Prevnar, varicellasignificant aggravation of esophagitisdismissedLaura D. Millman–
2015-06-222016-04-18J.H.Carol L. GallagherCarol L. Gallagher, Esquire LLC–varicellapersistent rash, gastrointestinal problems, fibromyalgia, andismissedLisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman–
2015-07-232018-01-30A.C.Verne E. Paradie, Jr.Paradie, Sherman, et al.3.1yDTaP, HIB, MMR, VaricellaChronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO)deniedMindy Michaels Roth–
2015-08-312021-08-31E.R.Mark SadakaSadaka Associates LLC4.0yProquad (varicella, MMR), DTaPreactivation of varicella virusdismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2016-01-272018-07-09D.A.deathJeffrey S. PopJeffrey S. Pop & Associates–Varicellafebrile seizures that led to positioned asphyxia and deathcompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$60,000
2016-02-292016-11-22Estate of DOUGLAS C. RIEMERdeathEdward M. KrausLaw Offices of Chicago Kent–VaricellaDisseminated Varicella Zoster Virus (“VZV”) Infection; multicompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$450,000
2016-06-212017-03-17Edith BognarAndrew DowningVan Cott & Talamante–varicellavaricella infection and hivescompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$75,000
2016-06-302024-07-19E.A.Michael G. McLaren–16.0yvaricellaseizure disorder, cerebral injury, Major Neurocognitive DisodismissedMindy Michaels Roth–
2016-07-082017-02-10I.R.H.Elizabeth M. MuldowneyRawls, McNelis & Mitchell, P.C.–DTaP, varicella, Hibcellulitis and a scarcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$35,000
2016-07-262023-11-20G.J.B.Isaiah KalinowskiBosson Legal Group4.2yKinrix (DTaP/IPV); MMR; variceafebrile seizures/epilepsy with stuttering, headache, alteredeniedBrian H. Corcoran–
2016-07-292021-01-12Miriana Rodriguez BurgosRonald C. HomerConway, Homer, P.C.–varicellacerebritisdismissedChristian J. Moran–
2016-08-122019-05-28Andrew CampbellDiana L. StadelnikasMaglio Christopher & Toale PA (FL)–varicellainflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with residual injuries and/dismissedThomas L. Gowen–
2016-10-122018-02-09L.L.Diana L. StadelnikasMaglio Christopher and Toale, PA (FL)–DTaP, MMR, polio, and varicellreactive inflammatory arthritiscompensatedThomas L. Gowen$10,327
2016-10-152018-10-15C.N.Diana StadelnikasMaglio Christopher & Toale, PA–hepatitis A, MMR, varicellaoculomotor nerve palsy of the right eyecompensatedMindy Michaels Roth$169,406
2016-11-132017-11-13Connor ToesAndrew D. DowningVan Cott & Talamante, PLLC–Gardasil, varicella, and Menachypothyroidism, autonomic neuropathy, and chronic fatiguedismissed––
2017-02-022019-03-25Emily TuckfieldRonald Craig HomerConway, Homer, P.C.–varicellaidiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$124,085
2017-03-172018-03-30C.E.M.Matthew J. WilliamsHodsdon & Ayer–varicellavaricellacompensatedHerbrina Sanders Young$3,000
2017-05-232018-03-27D. E.Curtis R. WebbCurtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law–varicellaright leg cellulitis and abscesscompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$39,405
2017-06-222020-06-26A.Y.Renee GentryVaccine Injury Litigation Clinic, George Washington University Law School11movaricellareactivation of a varicella virusdismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2017-06-232020-09-03Roseanna JohnsonAndrew D. DowningVan Cott & Talamante, PLLC–varicelladisseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease or variccompensatedThomas L. Gowen$25,000
2017-07-052021-11-23Christine MidnightMark T. SadakaLaw Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC–MMR, Tdap, varicellaencephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduceddismissedChristian J. Moran–
2017-08-272019-07-31K.G.John P. Valente, IIIThe Valente Law Group5movaricelladisseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral diseasecompensatedThomas L. Gowen$955,276
2018-01-022021-04-20W.Y.Renee GentryVaccine Injury Litigation Clinic, George Washington University Law School12movaricellareactivation of a varicella virusdismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2018-01-022021-04-20A.Y.Renee GentryVaccine Injury Litigation Clinic, George Washington University Law School12movaricellareactivation of a varicella virusdismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2018-04-042023-08-03C.G.Phyllis WidmanWidman Law Firm8.0yvaricellaacute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)deniedChristian J. Moran–
2018-06-062019-06-19Christian Matthew HayesSamantha P. TravisOgle Worm & Travis, PLLP–varicellaactive disseminated vaccine-strain varicella infection, withcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$75,000
2018-08-102020-07-01I.K.L.R.Roberto Ruiz-ComasRC Legal & Litigation Services–varicellachronic urticariacompensatedThomas L. Gowen–
2018-12-132024-10-01Donald PerryScott R. DoodyLaw Offices of Scott R. Doody–varicella; tetanus-diphtheria-shingles and transverse myelitiscompensatedThomas L. Gowen$52,500
2019-02-142020-10-16Mikayla LuzeckyRobert J. BinstockReich & Binstock LLP–varicelladisseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease and vaccdismissedChristian J. Moran–
2019-04-052023-10-05J.J.S.Russell Anthony MurrayLovett Law Firm–DTaP; hepatitis B; MMR; IPV; vleft arm cellulitis and/or abscess allegedly following DTaP,compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$49,831
2019-07-052022-04-26K.A.Mark Theodore SadakaLaw Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC1.1yvaricella, MMR, hepatitis A, Hencephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathydismissedDaniel T. Horner–
2019-07-082020-02-10D.A.N.B.pro se–1.2ychildhood vaccine series inclutorticollis, global development delay, and autism spectrum ddismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2019-11-152023-11-08K.E.Jonathan Joseph SvitakShannon Law Group; Shannon Law Group, P.C.–varicellavaricella-strain virus and related sequelae as well as vaccicompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$141,681
2020-02-122021-11-18S.M.Peter M. YoungHabush, Habush, & Rottier, S.C.1.6yVaricellavaricella vaccine-strain viral reactivationcompensatedKatherine E. Oler$41,843
2020-03-092022-12-12Stephanie RocheJonathan Joseph SvitakShannon Law Group, P.C.–varicellatransverse myelitis as the initial presentation for multipledismissedChristian J. Moran–
2020-12-112025-04-16E.P.Nancy Routh MeyersTurning Point Litigation–diphtheria, tetanus, and acellseizurescompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$7,478
2021-01-082025-01-14Yacoub InnabiChristopher WilliamsSiri & Glimstad LLP–varicellapain and decreased shoulder mobility in his left shoulderunclear––
2021-04-162025-07-31Adwoa Ampofo-AddoMaximillian J. MullerMuller Brazil, LLP37.0yTdap; MMR; varicellaMOGAD / acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)deniedBrian H. Corcoran–
2021-04-192026-02-17C.K.Robert Joel KrakowLaw Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C.–MMR; influenza; varicellaimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)pendingBrian H. Corcoran–
2021-07-202025-09-17Madison JugondeathSean F. GreenwoodThe Greenwood Law Firm–varicellasmall fiber neuropathyunclear––
2021-12-102023-07-03Alberto AbrahamJonathan Joseph SvitakShannon Law Group, P.C.–varicelladisseminated varicella vaccine strain viral diseasecompensatedBrian H. Corcoran$65,000
2021-12-162025-11-03G.K.Timothy J. MasonLaw Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC–varicelladisseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease; varicelcompensatedNora Beth Dorsey$85,628
2022-03-042026-03-23D.A.Jonathan SvitakShannon Law Group, P.C.4.0ymeasles, mumps, rubella, varicprimary disseminated herpes zoster infectiondismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2022-06-032025-03-14Robin MorrisonSean Franks GreenwoodThe Greenwood Law Firm–varicellasystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)dismissedChristian J. Moran–
2022-09-232025-05-14P.F.Ronald C. HomerConway, Homer, P.C.–MMR, varicella, Hepatitis A, aidiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$78,381
2022-09-262025-01-06S.O.Andrew Donald DowningDowning, Allison & Jorgenson–varicellavaricella vaccine-strain viral disease, inflammatory exanthecompensatedChristian J. Moran$15,000
2023-03-272024-03-27Nicole Scammellpro se––varicellacerebellar ataxiadismissedBrian H. Corcoran–
2023-09-082025-06-10Z.L.S.Elizabeth Martin MuldowneySands Anderson PC–MMR and varicella vaccinesidiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$30,000
2023-10-252024-07-09S.R.C.deathElizabeth Kyla AbramsonMaglio Christopher & Toale, P.A.–varicelladisseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease causing compensatedNora Beth Dorsey$500,000
2024-07-122025-04-22F.M.A.Sean Frank GreenwoodGreenwood Law Firm–measles, mumps, rubella, and vimmune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)compensatedBrian H. Corcoran$37,757
2024-11-012025-02-26L.M.Christina CiampolilloConway Homer, P.C.–DTap, MMR, varicella, and IPVcellulitis and subsequent scarringcompensatedThomas L. Gowen$17,500
2025-02-142025-09-09Dallece CurleyLeeAnne PedrickMctlaw–varicella; human papillomavirucellulitisentitlement_granted_pending_damagesBrian H. Corcoran–
2025-04-282026-04-29Tenzin LhamoLaura LevenbergMuller Brazil, LLP–varicellaright shoulder injury related to vaccine administrationcompensated–$30,000
–2017-08-31L.K.Edward M. Kraus, John F. McHughLaw Offices of Chicago Kent; Law Office of John McHugh–MMR; hepatitis A; varicellaautistic disorderdismissedNora Beth Dorsey–
–2014-10-27CAMdeathClifford John ShoemakerShoemaker and Associates–Pediarix, Hib, Prevnar, ComvaxLeigh's syndrome, AutismdismissedNora Beth Dorsey–
–2013-10-29Paola Melissa Carbo LedesmaMark T. SadakaMark T. Sadaka, MSPH, Esq.–varicella and hepatitis Achronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)compensatedChristian J. Moran–
–2019-01-29B.T.Danielle A. StraitMaglio Christopher & Toale, PA–DTaP/IPV, influenza, MMR, varichronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)compensatedLaura D. Millman$165,000