Tiffany Taylor v. HHS - Rotavirus, intussusception (2024)

On December 29, 2022, Tiffany Taylor filed a petition on behalf of her minor son, C.T., alleging that a rotavirus vaccination administered on January 17, 2020 caused or significantly aggravated intussusception that occurred on March 14, 2020, fifty-eight days after vaccination. Respondent moved to dismiss.

The Special Master explained that C.T.'s claim was not a Table claim because the Table's intussusception interval after rotavirus vaccination did not extend to a fifty-eight-day onset. For an off-Table claim, petitioner needed a reputable medical or scientific theory explaining causation at that interval.

Special Master Christian J. Moran dismissed the case on February 6, 2024.

The public decision does not describe C.T.'s exact age, first abdominal symptoms, hospital course, diagnostic imaging, treatment, or expert affidavits in detail; the dismissal turned on the absence of a sufficient causal theory for the long onset interval. A later November 17, 2025 decision addressed attorneys' fees and costs.