VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01474
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01474
Petitioner: DEBRA GADD
Filed: 2020-09-10
Decided: 2022-05-04
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Debra Gadd filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 10, 2020. The case progressed procedurally, but on May 3, 2022, the petitioner filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 21(a), the Special Master issued an order dismissing the matter without prejudice on May 4, 2022. No specific vaccine, injury, or award details were discussed in this procedural order.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01474-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-05-25
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER (Originally filed: 05/04/2022) regarding 27 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (slw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01474-UNJ Document 28 Filed 05/25/22 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: May 4, 2022
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DEBRA GADD, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * No. 20-1474V
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v. * Special Master Gowen
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Order Concluding Proceedings;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine Rule 21(a).
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Respondent. *
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Bridget Candace McCullough, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for petitioner.
Kimberly Shubert Davey, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On May 3, 2022, petitioner filed notice of her voluntary dismissal of the above-captioned
matter in accordance with Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(A). (ECF No. 26).
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned matter is dismissed
without prejudice. The Clerk of 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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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 am required 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. This means the
opinion will be available to anyone with access to the Internet. 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
decision.” 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.