# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

Filed: April 12, 2022

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PANOS ANDONYADIS, * UNPUBLISHED

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* No. 20-326V

Petitioner, *

v. * Special Master Gowen

*

SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Stipulation for Award;

AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Influenza (Flu ) vaccine;

* Guillain -Barre Syndrome

* (GBS).

Respondent. *

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Glen Howard Sturtevant , Jr

., Rawls Law Group, Richmond, VA, for petitioner.

Parisa Tabassian, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

DECISION FOR STIPULATIO N 1



### On March 23, 2020, Panos Andonyadis (“ petitioner ” ) filed a petition for compensation

under the National Vaccine In jury Program. 2 

### Petitioner a lleged that as a result of receiving the

Influenza ( “ flu ”) vaccine on August 15, 2018, he developed Guillain- Barre syndrome (GBS” ),

which resulted in significant extrem ity weakness, partial paralysis, and visual fatigue, and in the

alternative, that the flu vaccine si gnificantly aggravated an underlying disorder resulting in

petitioner developing GBS.

On April 12, 2022, respondent filed a stipulation providing that a decision should be

entered awarding compensation to peti tioner. Stipulation ( “ Stip. ”) (ECF No. 43). Respondent

denies that the flu vaccine is the cause of petitioner’s alleged injuries, or an y other injury or his

1 P ursuant to the E

- Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), b ecause this opinion contains a

reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required to post it on the website of the United States Court of

Federal Claims. The court’s website is at http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/aggregator/sources/7

. This means the

opinion will be available to anyone with access to the Internet. Before the opinion is posted on the court’s

website, each party has 14 days to file a motion requesting redaction “of any information furnished by that party:

(1) that is a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that

includes medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). “An objecting party must provide the court with a proposed redacted version of the

decision.” Id. If neither party files a motion for redaction within 14 days, the opinion will be posted on the

cour t’s website without any changes. Id.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine

Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99

- 660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa

- 1 to

- 34 (2012)

(Vaccine Act or the Act). All citatio ns in this decision to individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. §

300aa.2 

### current condition. Id. at ¶ 6. Nevertheless, maintaining their respective positions, the parties

now agree that the issues between them shall be settled and that a decision should be entered

awarding the compensation to the petition er according to the terms of the stipulation attached

hereto as Appendix A. Id. at ¶ 7.

The stipulation provides:

1) A lump sum of $55,496.04 in the form of a check payable to petitioner. This

amount re presents compensation for all damage that would be available under

42 U.S.C. § 300aa

- 15(a)

.

I a dopt the parties ’ stipulation attached hereto, and award comp ensation in the amount

and on the terms set forth therein. The Clerk of the Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in

accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipulation. 3



### IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Thomas L. Gowen

Thomas L. Gowen

Special Master

3 Entry of judgment is expedited by each party’s filing notice renouncing the right to seek review. Vaccine Rule

11(a).