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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01290
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01290
Petitioner: William Bartman, as the legal representative of the estate of, Angeline Bartman
Filed: 2018-06-29
Decided: 2018-07-25
Vaccine: Prevnar13
Vaccination date: 2015-06-17
Condition: death
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
William Bartman, acting as the legal representative for the estate of Angeline Bartman, filed a petition on June 29, 2018, alleging that a Prevnar13 vaccination administered on June 17, 2015, caused Angeline Bartman's death. The petitioner later filed a motion to dismiss on June 1, 2018, stating that he did not find persuasive evidence linking the vaccination to the death. As this motion was filed before the respondent's Rule 4 report, the petitioner qualified for a voluntary dismissal. The case was dismissed without prejudice, and no judgment was entered. The petitioner also indicated that no attorneys' fees or costs would be sought.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_17-vv-01290-0
Date issued/filed: 2018-07-25
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 6/29/2018) regarding 17 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (abs) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:17-vv-01290-UNJ Document 18 Filed 07/25/18 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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WILLIAM BARTMAN *
as the legal representative of the estate of, *
ANGELINE BARTMAN, *
* No. 17-1290V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. *
* Filed: June 29, 2018
SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On June 1, 2018, the petitioner filed a motion to dismiss stating that he “did not
find persuasive evidence that Angeline Bartman’s June 17, 2015 Prevnar13 vaccination
caused her death.” Petitioner qualifies for a voluntary dismissal of his petition under Vaccine
Rule 21(a)(1)(A) because his motion was filed before service of the respondent’s Rule 4 report.
Petitioner’s counsel noted that he will not seek an award of attorneys’ fees and costs related to
this 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 a judgment shall
not enter in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
1 The E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and
Promotion of Electronic Government Services), requires that the Court post this decision on its
website. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 18(b), the parties have 14 days to file a motion proposing
redaction of medical information or other information described in 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4).
Any redactions ordered by the special master will appear in the document posted on the website.