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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01952
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01952
Petitioner: Andrew Warner
Filed: 2018-12-20
Decided: 2024-04-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2015-10-05
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”) and/or Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”)
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Andrew Warner, husband of petitioner April Warner, allegedly suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and/or Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) after receiving an influenza vaccination on or about October 5, 2015. April Warner filed a petition for compensation individually and as the administratrix of Andrew Warner's estate on December 20, 2018. The parties later filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal on January 31, 2024. Accordingly, the case was dismissed without prejudice on April 8, 2024, and no judgment was entered.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-01952-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-04-08
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 03/04/2024) regarding 37 Order Concluding Proceedings Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:18-vv-01952-UNJ Document 38 Filed 04/08/24 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 18-1952V
APRIL WARNER, Individually, and as Chief Special Master Corcoran
Administratix of the ESTATE OF
ANDREW WARNER, Deceased, Filed: March 4, 2024
Petitioner,
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Charles W. Marsar, R.J. Marzella & Associates, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for Petitioner.
James Vincent Lopez, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On December 20, 2018, April Warner, individually, and as Administratix of the
Estate of Andrew Warner, filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the “Vaccine Act”).
Petitioner alleged that her husband, Andrew Warner, suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome
(“GBS”) and/or Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) after
receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccination on or about October 5, 2015. Petition at 1.
On January 31, 2024, Petitioner filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal on behalf of
both parties.
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Decision 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, I
agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C.
§300aa (2012).

Case 1:18-vv-01952-UNJ Document 38 Filed 04/08/24 Page 2 of 2
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/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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