{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997-0","petitioner_identifier":"MICHAEL DIXON and MARGARET DIXON, parents of MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER DIXON","is_minor":1,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"minor; exact age not stated in public fees decision","vaccine_type":null,"vaccination_date":null,"condition_raw":null,"condition_category":"other","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2013-08-02","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T00:28:42.079393+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":null,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"The public decision does not state the vaccine(s), vaccination date(s), alleged injury, symptom onset, clinical history, or causation theory for minor Michael Christopher Dixon. The underlying petition was dismissed by Chief Special Master Denise K. Vowell on August 2, 2013. A subsequent decision on attorney fees and costs, filed February 25, 2014, awarded $15,577.30 payable jointly to petitioners Michael and Margaret Dixon and their counsel Robert J. Krakow, finding the petition was brought in good faith with a reasonable basis and the fees were reasonable. This award was solely for attorney fees and costs, not for vaccine injury compensation.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":null,"case_summary":"Michael Dixon and Margaret Dixon, parents of Michael Christopher Dixon, a minor, filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Chief Special Master Denise Kathryn Vowell issued a decision dismissing the petition on August 2, 2013. On February 24, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation for attorney fees and costs. Respondent did not object to the requested amount. Petitioners' counsel, Robert J. Krakow, agreed to reimburse petitioners for any compensable personal costs they had incurred. On February 25, 2014, Chief Special Master Vowell found that the petition had been brought in good faith and with a reasonable basis, and that the proposed fee amount was reasonable and appropriate. She awarded $15,577.30 in attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioners and their counsel, Robert J. Krakow. This award was for legal fees and costs only, and the public decision does not describe any vaccine-related injury compensation. The public decision does not describe the specific vaccine(s) administered, the date(s) of vaccination, the alleged injury, symptom onset, clinical history, or the specific theory of causation.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"Denise K. Vowell","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Robert J. Krakow","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"New York, NY","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|robert-krakow|","firm_canonical_key":"law-office-of-robert-j-krakow","package_title":"DIXON et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997-0","title":"DIXON et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/25/2014) regarding 69 DECISION Fees Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Denise Kathryn Vowell. (tpj) Copy to parties.","date_issued":"2014-03-19","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":258137,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997/USCOURTS-cofc-1_05-vv-00997-0"}]}