{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_02-vv-01553","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_02-vv-01553-1","petitioner_identifier":"K.C.P.","is_minor":1,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (minor - age not in source, verified)","vaccine_type":"DTaP","vaccination_date":"2000-02-10","condition_raw":"hypotonia, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, and global developmental delay","condition_category":"encephalitis_encephalopathy","autism_spectrum_adjacent":1,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2017-05-09","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T00:28:29.348176+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":4,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioners alleged that K.C.P. developed hypotonia, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, and global developmental delay as a result of receiving DTaP, HIB, Hep B, and IPV vaccines on February 10, 2000. The petition was voluntarily dismissed by the petitioners on April 12, 2017, following a Rule 5 conference, with the stated intent to preserve their right to file a civil action. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey dismissed the petition on May 9, 2017, finding that the medical records did not establish causation, and that the sole causation expert for the petitioners, Dr. Yuval Shafrir, had previously had his theories found inadequate to establish causation between these vaccines and similar symptoms. The decision also noted the absence of a \"Table Injury.\" The public text does not specify the mechanism of injury or provide details on the expert's specific theories beyond their general inadequacy. The dismissal was for insufficient proof. Petitioners were represented by Renee J. Gentry, and respondent by Linda S. Renzi.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2002-11-14","case_summary":"Steven and Elizabeth Parker, as parents and natural guardians of K.C.P., a minor, filed a petition on November 14, 2002, under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. They filed an amended petition on August 5, 2014, alleging that K.C.P. developed hypotonia, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, and global developmental delay as a result of receiving a Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, a Haemophilus Influenzae type B (HIB) vaccine, a Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine, and an Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) on February 10, 2000. The case was held with the Omnibus Autism Proceeding's general inquiry into vaccine-autism causation. After the test cases in that proceeding were decided against petitioners and affirmed on appeal, the merits of K.C.P.'s claim were considered against the same expert and literature record that had been rejected in those test cases. Petitioners' sole causation expert was Dr. Yuval Shafrir, whose theories on vaccine-autism causation had been repeatedly rejected by special masters as inadequate. Following a Rule 5 conference on March 7, 2017, petitioners understood their claim would not succeed in the Program. On April 12, 2017, they moved for a decision dismissing their petition, stating their intent to preserve their right to file a civil action in the regular tort system. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey granted the motion on May 9, 2017. The decision noted that the medical records did not establish causation, Dr. Shafrir's theories had been previously found inadequate to establish causation between these vaccines and similar symptoms, and there was no evidence of a \"Table Injury.\" The petition was dismissed for insufficient proof. Petitioners were represented by Renee J. Gentry of the Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School, and the respondent was represented by Linda S. 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