VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00970
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00970
Petitioner: Antoni Baluta
Filed: 2020-08-04
Decided: 2024-03-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-10-11
Condition: Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Antoni Baluta filed a petition on August 4, 2020, alleging that he suffered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on October 11, 2017. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The case proceeded as an off-Table claim, requiring Mr. Baluta to prove causation. On March 8, 2024, both parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal. Chief Special Master Corcoran dismissed the case without prejudice, and no judgment was entered. The specific reasons for the dismissal were not detailed in this order.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00970-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-04-12
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 03/11/2024) regarding 106 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (kle) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-970V
ANTONI BALUTA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: March 11, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
David A. Zeitlin, Zeitlin & Zeitlin, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.
Mary Novakovic, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On August 4, 2020, Antoni Baluta 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 alleges that he suffered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”)
resulting from adverse effects of the influenza (“flu”) vaccination he received on October
11, 2017. Petition at 1.
On March 8, 2024, Petitioner filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal on behalf of
both parties.
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).
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).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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