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Dates correct.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2008-10-20","case_summary":"Richard Williams-O'Banion filed a petition on October 20, 2008, alleging that an influenza vaccine he received on October 28, 2005 had caused him to suffer neurological injuries. He was initially represented by attorney Ronald C. Homer. Mr. Homer filed a motion to withdraw on July 31, 2009, which was granted on September 7, 2010, and Mr. Williams-O'Banion proceeded pro se through the remainder of the case.\n\nThe special master issued a decision dismissing the petition on July 25, 2014, finding insufficient proof of causation. Judgment was entered on August 29, 2014. The staging text for the decision document consists of page headers only — no readable content was extracted from the dismissal decision.\n\nOn January 5, 2015, Mr. Homer filed a motion for leave to seek attorneys' fees and costs for the work he had performed prior to his withdrawal. Mr. Williams-O'Banion had refused to permit Mr. Homer to become attorney of record for purposes of filing the fees application. Respondent opposed the motion, arguing that former counsel lacked standing and that there was no reasonable basis for the petition. On October 29, 2015, Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman ruled that Mr. Homer had standing to file for fees and granted the motion for leave. Petitioner was given an opportunity through December 16, 2015 to submit a request for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket litigation costs he personally incurred during the period he was represented by Mr. Homer; he did not respond.\n\nThe parties stipulated on November 19, 2015 to an award of $12,000.00 in attorneys' fees and costs for Mr. Homer. Special Master Hamilton-Fieldman issued the fees decision on January 12, 2016, finding that the petition had been filed in good faith and that there was a reasonable basis for the claim, and awarding $12,000.00 payable jointly to Mr. Williams-O'Banion and Mr. Homer at Conway Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Ronald C. Homer","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Conway, Homer, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|ronald-homer|","firm_canonical_key":"conway-homer","package_title":"WILLIAMS-O'BANION v. 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