VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00436
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00436
Petitioner: CHRISTOPHER LAGOS
Filed: 2019-03-22
Decided: 2024-02-29
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 
Condition: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Christopher Lagos filed a claim alleging that a Tdap vaccine caused him to suffer from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). He filed his petition on March 22, 2019. Respondent filed a report recommending against compensation. On December 23, 2023, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal. The case was dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a). Judgment was not entered.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-00436-1
Date issued/filed: 2024-02-29
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/02/2024) regarding 78 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (hs) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:19-vv-00436-UNJ Document 79 Filed 02/29/24 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: January 2, 2024
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CHRISTOPHER LAGOS, *
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Petitioner, * No. 19-436V
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v. * Special Master Gowen
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Anne C. Toale, Maglio Christopher and Toale, Sarasota, FL, for petitioner.
Catherine E. Stolar, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On March 22, 2019, Christopher Lagos (“petitioner”) filed a claim in the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petition (ECF No. 1). Petitioner alleged that as a result
of receiving a tetanus-diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccine, he suffered from
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (“CIDP”). Id. Petitioner filed medical
records to accompany his petition.
On December 23, 2022, respondent filed the Rule 4(c) report, recommending against
compensation. Respondent’s (“Resp’t”) Report (“Rept.”) ECF No. 58. On December 29, 2023,
the parties filed a Stipulation of Dismissal, stating that “the parties hereby stipulate pursuant to
Vaccine Rule 21(a) that this action shall be dismissed.” Joint Stipulation of Dismissal (ECF No.
76).
1 Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), because this opinion contains a
reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I intend to post it on the website of the United States Court of
Federal Claims. The Court’s website is at http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/aggregator/sources/7. Before the opinion
is posted on the Court’s website, each party has 14 days to file a motion requesting 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). An objecting party must provide the Court with a proposed
redacted version of the opinion. Id. If neither party files a motion for redaction within 14 days, the opinion will
be posted on the Court’s website without any changes. Id.
2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to 34 (2012)
(hereinafter “Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). Hereinafter, individual section references will be to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa of
the Act.

Case 1:19-vv-00436-UNJ Document 79 Filed 02/29/24 Page 2 of 2
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned case is 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/Thomas L. Gowen
Thomas L. Gowen
Special Master
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