VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01198
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01198
Petitioner: MAKENNA WEAVER
Filed: 2016-09-26
Decided: 2018-01-16
Vaccine: Influenza
Vaccination date: 
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Makenna Weaver filed a petition for vaccine compensation on September 26, 2016, alleging injury from an influenza vaccination. The case involved a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. On January 15, 2018, both parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal. Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey issued an order on January 16, 2018, dismissing the case without prejudice and instructing that judgment shall not be entered. The specific reasons for the dismissal were not detailed in this order, but it was a joint stipulation between the petitioner and the respondent.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-01198-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-02-12
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/16/2018) regarding 29 Order Concluding Proceedings Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (tlf) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:16-vv-01198-UNJ Document 32 Filed 02/12/18 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: January 16, 2018
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UNPUBLISHED
MAKENNA WEAVER, *
* No. 16-1198V
Petitioner, *
*
v. * Chief Special Master Dorsey
*
SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Joint Stipulation of Dismissal;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Influenza Vaccination; Guillain-
* Barre Syndrome.
Respondent. *
*
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Nicholas Edward Bunch, White, Getgey & Meyer, Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner.
Justine Walters, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On January 15, 2018, petitioner filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in the above-captioned
case.
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned case is hereby
DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Clerk of the Court is hereby instructed that
JUDGMENT SHALL NOT ENTER in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Chief Special Master
1 Because this decision contains a reasoned explanation for the undersigned’s action in this case,
the undersigned intends to post this ruling on the website of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note
(2012)(Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services). As provided
by Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has 14 days within which to request redaction “of any
information furnished by that party: (1) that is a trade secret or commercial or financial in
substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes medical files or similar files, the
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.” Vaccine Rule
18(b).

Case 1:16-vv-01198-UNJ Document 32 Filed 02/12/18 Page 2 of 2
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
*******************************************
*
MAKENNA WEAVER *
*
* Case No. 16-01198
Petitioner *
*
v. * Chief Special Master
* Nora Beth Dorsey
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN *
SERVICES, *
*
Respondent *
JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL
It is hereby stipulated by and between the parties, the following matters:
1. On September 26, 2016, petitioner filed a Petition for Vaccine Compensation.
2. The parties hereby stipulate pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a) that this action shall
be dismissed.
s/ Justine Walters s/ Nicholas E. Bunch
Justine Walters Nicholas E. Bunch
Trial Attorney for Respondent Attorney for Petitioner
Torts Branch, Civil Division White, Getgey & Meyer Co., L.P.A.
U.S. Department of Justice 1700 Fourth & Vine Tower
P.O. Box 146 1 West Fourth Street
Ben Franklin Station Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Washington, D.C. 20044-0146 nbunch@wgmlpa.com
E-filed: January 15, 2018