Wyn v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

************************* RENEE WYN, * No. 19-1343V

* Petitioner, *

* Special Master Christian J. Moran v. *

* Filed: November 10, 2025 SECRETARY OF HEALTH * AND HUMAN SERVICES, *

* Respondent. *

************************* John Robert Howie, Jr., Howie Law, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Petitioner; Elizabeth Andary, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

UNPUBLISHED DECISION1

On November 10, 2025, the parties filed a joint stipulation concerning the petition for compensation filed by petitioner, Renee Wyn, on September 3, 2019. Petitioner alleged that the influenza vaccine she received on or about August 29, 2016, which is contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. §100.3(a), caused her to suffer from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”). Petitioner represents that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action for damages on her behalf as a result of her condition.

Respondent denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner’s GBS or any other injury; and denies that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Nevertheless, the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached hereto. The undersigned finds said stipulation reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the Court in awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.

Damages awarded in that stipulation include:

A lump sum payment of $80,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to petitioner's counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-l 5(a).

In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC, Appendix B, the clerk is directed to enter judgment according to this decision and the attached stipulation.2

IT IS SO ORDERED. s/Christian J. Moran Christian J. Moran Special Master