VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00195
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00195
Petitioner: STEPHEN STOLEC
Filed: 2019-02-01
Decided: 2022-06-28
Vaccine: pneumococcal conjugate and influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-10-20
Condition: right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration and polymyalgia rheumatica
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Stephen Stolec filed a petition alleging that the pneumococcal conjugate and influenza vaccinations he received on October 20, 2017, caused him to suffer a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration and polymyalgia rheumatica. He filed his initial petition on February 1, 2019, and an amended petition on January 20, 2020. On June 28, 2022, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal, agreeing that the action should be dismissed with prejudice. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1), the case was dismissed with prejudice, and the Clerk was directed to remove it from the docket. No judgment entered pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00195-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-07-20
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 6/28/2022) regarding 107 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (amb) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:19-vv-00195-UNJ Document 108 Filed 07/20/22 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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STEPHEN STOLEC, *
* No. 19-195V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. * Filed: June 28, 2022
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Joint stipulation of dismissal; order
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * concluding proceedings.
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Respondent. *
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Anne C. Toale, Maglio, Christopher, & Toale, Sarasota, FL, for petitioner;
Mitchell Jones, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS
On February 1, 2019, petitioner filed a petition under the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34, as amended.
Petitioner filed an amended petition on January 20, 2020, alleging that that the
pneumococcal conjugate and influenza vaccinations he received on October 20,
2017, caused him to suffer a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
and polymyalgia rheumatica. Amend. Pet., filed Jan. 20, 2020.
On June 28, 2022, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal stating,
“The parties hereby stipulate that this action shall be dismissed with prejudice.” J.
Stip. ¶ 2.
Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1) allows petitioners to engage in a voluntary dismissal
by filing a stipulation of dismissal that all parties have signed, which the parties
here 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).

Case 1:19-vv-00195-UNJ Document 108 Filed 07/20/22 Page 2 of 2
Thus, this case is DISMISSED. The Clerk is directed to remove this
case from the docket of the undersigned.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
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