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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01405
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01405
Petitioner: ZOILA LOPEZ
Filed: 2018-09-14
Decided: 2021-05-25
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-09-18
Condition: Bell’s palsy syndrome and paresthesia
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Zoila Lopez filed a petition on September 14, 2018, alleging that the influenza vaccine she received on September 18, 2017, caused her to develop Bell's palsy syndrome and paresthesia. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. On May 25, 2021, Ms. Lopez filed a stipulation of dismissal, signed by both parties, indicating a voluntary dismissal without prejudice. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 21(a), the case was dismissed without prejudice, and no judgment was entered. The court clerk was instructed not to enter judgment.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01405-1
Date issued/filed: 2021-06-28
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 5/25/2021) regarding 78 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (Attachments: # (1) Appendix A)(mca) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:18-vv-01405-UNJ Document 81 Filed 06/28/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: May 25, 2021
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ZOILA LOPEZ, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * No. 18-1405V
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v. * Special Master Dorsey
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On September 14, 2018, petitioner filed a petition under the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2012), alleging that the influenza (“flu”) vaccine
administered on September 18, 2017 caused her to develop Bell’s palsy syndrome and
paresthesia. Petition at 1.
On May 25, 2021, petitioner filed a Stipulation of Dismissal in the above-captioned case,
attached hereto as Appendix A. Stipulation of Dismissal.
Under Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B), petitioner may engage in a voluntary dismissal by filing
a stipulation of dismissal which all parties have signed, which the parties have done.
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). In accordance with Vaccine Rule 21(a), this case is hereby dismissed
without prejudice.
1 Because this Order contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the undersigned
is required to post it 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). This means the Order will be available to
anyone with access to the Internet. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), petitioner has 14
days to identify and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure of which would
constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the
identified material fits within this definition, the undersigned will redact such material from
public access.
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Case 1:18-vv-01405-UNJ Document 81 Filed 06/28/21 Page 2 of 2
The Clerk of Court is instructed that judgment shall not enter in the instant case
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-21(a).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Special Master
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