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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00443
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00443
Petitioner: H.G.G.
Filed: 2016-10-25
Decided: 2016-10-25
Vaccine: DTaP
Vaccination date: 2013-04-03
Condition: pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), autoimmune encephalitis and/or inflammatory autoimmune disorder
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Christian and Erinn Geidemann, on behalf of their minor daughter H.G.G., filed a petition alleging that a DTaP vaccine administered on April 3, 2013, caused pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). An amended petition also alleged autoimmune encephalitis and/or inflammatory autoimmune disorder, or alternatively, that the DTaP vaccine aggravated a preexisting PANS or mental illness. The respondent was the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The petitioners voluntarily dismissed their case on October 24, 2016, before the respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report. The Special Master issued an Order Concluding Proceedings, dismissing the petition. No award was made.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00443-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-11-21
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/25/2016) regarding 25 Order Concluding Proceedings Signed by Special Master Laura D Millman. (tlf) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:16-vv-00443-UNJ Document 26 Filed 11/21/16 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-443V
Filed: October 25, 2016
Not to be Published
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CHRISTIAN GEIDEMANN *
and ERINN GEIDEMANN, *
on behalf of their minor daughter, H.G.G., *
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Petitioners, * Motion for voluntary dismissal;
* Order concluding proceedings
v. * under Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(A);
* DTaP vaccine; PANS
SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Michael A. Firestone, San Mateo, CA, for petitioners.
Ann D. Martin, Washington, DC, for respondent.
MILLMAN, Special Master
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On April 7, 2016, petitioners filed a petition under the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10-34 (2012), alleging that diphtheria-tetanus toxoid-acellular
pertussis (“DTaP”) vaccine and/or measles-mumps-rubella (“MMR”) vaccine administered on
April 3, 2013 caused their daughter pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (“PANS”). See
Pet. Preamble and ¶ ¶ 2, 8.
1 Because this Order Concluding Proceedings contains a reasoned explanation for the special master’s
action in this case, the special master intends to post this Order Concluding Proceedings on the United
States Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. §
3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services). Vaccine
Rule 18(b) states that all decisions of the special masters will be made available to the public unless they
contain trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged and confidential, or medical
or similar information whose disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.
When such a decision is filed, petitioners have 14 days to identify and move to redact such information
prior to the document’s disclosure. If the special master, upon review, agrees that the identified material
fits within the categories listed above, the special master shall redact such material from public access.

Case 1:16-vv-00443-UNJ Document 26 Filed 11/21/16 Page 2 of 2
On July 21, 2016, petitioners filed an amended petition, omitting MMR as a causal
vaccine, and alleging that DTaP caused their daughter not only PANS, but also autoimmune
encephalitis and/or inflammatory autoimmune disorder. See Am. Pet. ¶ 48. In the alternative,
they allege that DTaP caused severe encephalopathy significantly aggravating their daughter’s
preexisting PANS and/or mental illness. Id. at ¶¶ 49, 50.
On October 24, 2016, petitioners filed a Motion for Voluntary Dismissal under Vaccine
Rule 21(a).
DISCUSSION
Under Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(A), petitioners may engage in a voluntary dismissal by
filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service of respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report, which
petitioners have done in the instant action.
Under Vaccine Rule 21(a)(3), the result of this voluntary dismissal is an Order
Concluding Proceedings. No judgment will enter pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11 for purposes of
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-21(a).
CONCLUSION
ORDERED. This petition is DISMISSED. The clerk of the court is directed to remove
this case from the docket of the undersigned.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 25, 2016 s/ Laura D. Millman
Laura D. Millman
Special Master
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