VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-02319
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-02319
Petitioner: KRISTY DOUGHERTY
Filed: 
Decided: 2025-10-21
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Kristy Dougherty filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The specific vaccine, vaccination date, and alleged injury are not detailed in this order. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. On September 12, 2025, the Petitioner filed a Notice of Dismissal. Accordingly, Chief Special Master Corcoran dismissed the case without prejudice on October 21, 2025, and instructed that judgment shall not enter. No award amount is mentioned as the case was dismissed.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-02319-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-21
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/15/2025) regarding 26 Order Concluding Proceedings ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:21-vv-02319-UNJ Document 27 Filed 10/21/25 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-2319V
KRISTY DOUGHERTY, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: September 15, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bradley R. Bowles, Bowles & Verna, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for Petitioner.
Lauren Kells, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On September 12, 2025, the Petitioner filed a Notice of Dismissal in the above-
captioned case.
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).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
1 Because this Order 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 Order 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.
.