{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00005","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00005-0","petitioner_identifier":"E.T.B.","is_minor":1,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"DTaP, hepatitis B, IPV, pneumococcal conjugate, Hib PRP-T conjugate, and rotavirus","vaccination_date":"2021-02-22","condition_raw":"encephalopathy or encephalitis, anaphylaxis, vasovagal syncope, and death","condition_category":"death","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2025-01-08","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T01:46:16.174631+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":6,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioners alleged that DTaP, hepatitis B, IPV, pneumococcal conjugate, Hib PRP-T conjugate, and rotavirus vaccines administered on February 22, 2021, caused encephalopathy/encephalitis, anaphylaxis, vasovagal syncope, and death in minor E.T.B. The petition was DISMISSED with prejudice; no compensation was awarded. The public decision does not provide the decedent's date of birth, exact age at vaccination, date of death, immediate clinical timeline, autopsy findings, or emergency treatment details. Respondent's Rule 4(c) report identified SIDS as a likely explanation for the death. At a November 19, 2024 status conference, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran advised petitioners that theories linking vaccines to unexplained infant deaths or SIDS in children under one year old had been routinely rejected in prior Program cases. Petitioners moved on January 3, 2025, to dismiss, concluding they could not prove entitlement. The decision on January 8, 2025, found insufficient medical record or expert evidence to meet the petitioners' burden of proof and cited prior decisions (Boatmon, Sheller) rejecting SIDS/Triple Risk Model causation theories. Petitioners Ifafunke Oladigbolu and Eric Burton were represented by attorney Paul Adrian Green of the Law Office of Paul Green, Pasadena, CA. Respondent was represented by Theodore Van Beek.","is_death":1,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2023-01-03","case_summary":"On January 3, 2023, Ifafunke Oladigbolu, the natural mother of the decedent E.T.B., and Eric Burton, the child's natural father, filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. They alleged that vaccines administered on February 22, 2021, caused a Table injury or, alternatively, an injury caused-in-fact, described as encephalopathy or encephalitis, anaphylaxis, vasovagal syncope, and death. The identified vaccines were DTaP, hepatitis B, inactivated poliovirus (IPV), pneumococcal conjugate, Hib PRP-T conjugate, and rotavirus. The public decision does not provide E.T.B.'s birth date, exact age at vaccination, date of death, immediate post-vaccination clinical course, autopsy details, or emergency-treatment narrative. It notes that the claim concerned an unexplained infant death and that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) was deemed a likely explanation in the respondent's Rule 4(c) report. At a status conference on November 19, 2024, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran informed the petitioners that theories linking vaccines to unexplained infant deaths, particularly when categorized as SIDS in children under one year old, had been repeatedly rejected in prior Vaccine Program cases. He set a deadline for the respondent's Rule 4(c) report and indicated that if SIDS proved relevant, the claim's viability would be at issue. On January 3, 2025, the respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report arguing against compensation and confirming SIDS as a likely explanation for E.T.B.'s death. On the same day, the petitioners moved for a dismissal decision, stating that after investigating the facts and science, they could not prove entitlement and that further proceedings would be unreasonable and wasteful. The petitioners acknowledged that a dismissal would result in a judgment against them, ending their rights in the Vaccine Program, and expressed a desire to file a civil action in the future. Chief Special Master Corcoran dismissed the petition with prejudice on January 8, 2025, construing the motion as one for voluntary dismissal with entry of judgment under Vaccine Rule 21(b). He found insufficient evidence for the petitioners to meet their burden of proof, noting that compensation cannot be based solely on allegations without supporting medical records or a competent medical opinion. He cited the repeated rejection of SIDS causation theories in Vaccine Program decisions, referencing Boatmon and Sheller. No compensation was awarded. 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