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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00123
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00123
Petitioner: JOHN B. CARAWAY
Filed: 2021-06-02
Decided: 2021-06-29
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-10-04
Condition: transverse myelitis
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
John B. Caraway filed a petition on June 2, 2021, alleging that he suffered transverse myelitis as a result of an influenza vaccination he received on October 4, 2017. A status conference was held on April 7, 2021, where issues including the timeliness of the claim were raised. On April 20, 2021, Mr. Caraway informed the court that he would not continue his claim. Following an order explaining his options for exiting the program, he filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on June 1, 2021. Consequently, the case was dismissed without prejudice by Special Master Horner on June 29, 2021.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00123-0
Date issued/filed: 2021-06-29
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 6/2/2021) regarding 18 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Daniel T. Horner. (tkp) Service on parties made. (Main Document 19 replaced on 6/29/2021 to add the Reissued for Publication stamp to the pdf.) (fm). Modified on 6/30/2021 to indicate that Petitioner was served via USPS mail. (fm).
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Case 1:21-vv-00123-UNJ Document 19 Filed 06/29/21 Page 1 of 2
REISSUED FOR PUBLICATION
JUN 29 2021
OSM
U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-123V
Filed: June 2, 2021
UNPUBLISHED
Special Master Horner
JOHN B. CARAWAY,
Petitioner,
Order Concluding Proceedings;
v.
Vaccine Rule 21(a)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
John B. Caraway, Chestertown, MD, acting pro se.
Adriana Ruth Teitel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On January 4, 2021, petitioner filed a petition alleging that he suffered transverse
myelitis resulting from his October 4, 2017 influenza vaccination. On April 7, 2021,
status conference was held in which several issues, including the timeliness of this
claim, were raised.
On April 20, 2021, petitioner advised that he would not continue his claim and on
April 21, 2021, a further order was issued explaining petitioner’s options for exiting the
program. On June 1, 2021, petitioner filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to
Vaccine Rule 21(a).
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), this 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 special master’s action in this case, it will
be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims’ website in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. See 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (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 the special master, upon review, agrees that the identified material fits within this definition, it will be
redacted from public access.
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Case 1:21-vv-00123-UNJ Document 19 Filed 06/29/21 Page 2 of 2
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Daniel T. Horner
Daniel T. Horner
Special Master
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