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The case was dismissed by Special Master George L. Hastings Jr. on September 3, 2014, for failure to prosecute and failure to follow court orders. Petitioners failed for over seven years to produce an expert report supporting causation, despite multiple orders and extensions granted by the Special Master, including a final deadline of August 4, 2014, which was not met. No specific theory of causation, medical experts, or mechanism of injury were presented or detailed in the public decision due to the dismissal for lack of prosecution. A subsequent decision on January 20, 2015, awarded $18,127.00 in attorney's fees and costs jointly to petitioners and their counsel, Robert J. Krakow, finding the petition was brought in good faith with a reasonable basis, but this award was not for vaccine injury compensation.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2007-08-20","case_summary":"On August 20, 2007, Timothy Mark Giltinan and Kristen Elizabeth Keller-Giltinan, as parents and natural guardians of a minor identified as B.T.G., filed a petition for vaccine compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The petition alleged that B.T.G. suffered an injury as a result of a vaccine or vaccines listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and the claim was identified as an autism case. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The public decision does not specify the vaccines received, the date of vaccination, or B.T.G.'s age at the time of vaccination. The case remained pending for over seven years without the petitioners providing an expert report to support their claim of causation. Special Master George L. Hastings Jr. issued an order on March 12, 2014, directing the petitioners to file an expert report by June 26, 2014. The petitioners filed a status report on June 27, 2014, requesting more time to confer with their medical expert. On July 1, 2014, Special Master Hastings granted an extension, ordering the petitioners to file their expert report or show cause why the case should not be dismissed by July 11, 2014. The petitioners filed a response on July 11, 2014, requesting further time for their medical expert to review the case record. Special Master Hastings issued another order on July 16, 2014, allowing the petitioners until August 4, 2014, to complete the review and file the expert report. The petitioners did not file the report or request an extension. On August 7, 2014, Special Master Hastings issued a second order to show cause, warning that failure to respond or follow court orders would result in dismissal of the claim. The petitioners did not respond to this order. Consequently, on September 3, 2014, Special Master Hastings dismissed the petition for failure to prosecute and failure to follow court orders. The public decision does not describe the specific symptoms, medical tests, or treatments related to B.T.G.'s alleged condition. No expert witnesses were named in the public decision. Following the dismissal of the injury claim, the parties filed a joint stipulation on January 16, 2015, concerning attorney's fees and costs. In a decision dated January 20, 2015, Special Master Hastings awarded $18,127.00 in attorney's fees and costs, payable jointly to the petitioners and their counsel, Robert J. Krakow. This award was based on the finding that the petition was brought in good faith and had a reasonable basis, but it was not compensation for a vaccine injury.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"George L. 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