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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01141
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01141
Petitioner: Samantha Hall
Filed: 2021-03-25
Decided: 2021-04-19
Vaccine: HPV
Vaccination date: 
Condition: neurally-modulated syncope
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Samantha Hall filed a petition for vaccine compensation on March 25, 2021, alleging that an HPV vaccination administered on August 6, 2019, caused or aggravated neurally-modulated syncope. To receive compensation, Ms. Hall needed to prove either that her condition was a "Table Injury" listed in the Vaccine Injury Table or that the vaccine actually caused her injury. The court reviewed the record and found no evidence that Ms. Hall suffered a Table Injury. Furthermore, the record lacked persuasive evidence that the vaccine caused her alleged injury. The Act requires claims to be supported by medical records or a competent physician's opinion, neither of which was sufficiently provided by Ms. Hall. Consequently, the court determined that Ms. Hall failed to demonstrate entitlement to an award. On March 24, 2021, Ms. Hall filed a motion to dismiss her own case. The case was dismissed for insufficient proof.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01141-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-04-19
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 3/25/2021) regarding 39 DECISION of Special Master. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (ec) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:19-vv-01141-UNJ Document 43 Filed 04/19/21 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 19-1141V
Filed: March 25, 2021
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SAMANTHA HALL, *
* Dismissal; Insufficient Proof;
Petitioner, * Human Papillomavirus (“HPV”)
* Vaccine; Syncope
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Mark Sadaka, Esq., Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC, Englewood, NJ, for petitioner.
Mallori Openchowski, Esq., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC for respondent.
DECISION1
Roth, Special Master:
On August 6, 2019, petitioner filed a petition for Vaccine Compensation in the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (“the Program”),2 alleging that a human papillomavirus
(“HPV”) vaccination either caused her to develop or significantly aggravated neurally-modulated
syncope. The information in the record, however, does not show entitlement to an award under the
Program. On March 24, 2021, petitioner filed a Motion for Dismissal Decision requesting that her
case be dismissed. ECF No. 38.
1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “unpublished,” it will nevertheless be posted on the
Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347,
116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). This means the Decision will
be available to anyone with access to the internet. However, the parties may object to the Decision’s
inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party
has fourteen days within which to request 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). Otherwise, the whole Decision will be available to the public. Id.
2 The Program comprises 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 et seq. (hereinafter “Vaccine Act” or “the
Act”). Hereafter, individual section references will be to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa of the Act.

Case 1:19-vv-01141-UNJ Document 43 Filed 04/19/21 Page 2 of 2
To receive compensation under the Program, petitioner must prove either 1) that she
suffered a “Table Injury” – i.e., an injury falling within the Vaccine Injury Table – corresponding
to her vaccination, or 2) that she suffered an injury that was actually caused by a vaccine. See §§
13(a)(1)(A) and 11(c)(1). An examination of the record did not uncover any evidence that
petitioner suffered a “Table Injury.” Further, the record does not contain persuasive evidence
indicating that petitioner’s alleged injury was vaccine-caused or in any way vaccine-related.
Under the Act, petitioner may not be given a Program award based solely on the petitioner’s
claims alone. Rather, the petition must be supported by either medical records or by the opinion
of a competent physician. § 13(a)(1). In this case, because there are insufficient medical records
supporting petitioner’s claim, a medical opinion must be offered in support. Petitioner, however,
has offered no such opinion that supports a finding of entitlement.
Accordingly, it is clear from the record in this case that petitioner has failed to demonstrate
either that she suffered a “Table Injury” or that her injuries were “actually caused” by a
vaccination. Thus, this case is dismissed for insufficient proof. The Clerk shall enter judgment
accordingly.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
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