VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00019
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00019
Petitioner: Dawnn Dorsey
Filed: 2023-01-06
Decided: 2023-02-28
Vaccine: Covid-19
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On January 6, 2023, Dawnn Dorsey, proceeding pro se, filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Ms. Dorsey alleged that she suffered adverse symptoms as a result of receiving her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The specific condition or injury was not detailed in the public decision. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services, represented by Heather Lynn Pearlman of the U.S. Department of Justice. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a decision on February 28, 2023, dismissing the petition. No award was granted. The public decision does not detail the specific reasons for dismissal, the petitioner's alleged condition, the onset of symptoms, any medical tests performed, or treatments received. The decision was reissued for public availability on March 31, 2023, after the parties did not propose any redactions.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Dawnn Dorsey filed a petition on January 6, 2023, alleging adverse symptoms following her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The specific condition and theory of causation were not detailed in the public decision. The respondent is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a decision on February 28, 2023, dismissing the petition. No award was granted. The public decision does not describe the alleged injury, onset, symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or any expert testimony. The case was dismissed without further explanation in the public record.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00019-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-03-31
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/28/2023) regarding 11 DECISION of Special Master, ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made. (Main Document 12 replaced on 4/4/2023 to add reissuing guidelines to the pdf.) (fm). Petitioner served via first class mail on 04.04.2023 (mjk). Modified on 4/4/2023 (mjk).
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Dawnn Dorsey, Lansing IL, pro se Petitioner.
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Heather Lynn Pearlman, ·U.S. Dep't of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION DISMISSING PETITION1
On January 6, 2023, Dawnn Dorsey filed a petition seeking compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ("Vaccine Program")2. Petitioner alleged that she
suffered adverse symptoms as a result of receiving her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
1 Although this Decision has been formally designated "not to be published," it will nevertheless be posted on the
Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 (2012). This
means that the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. As provided by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the Decision's inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information.
Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has fourteen days within which to request 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). Otherwise, the whole Decision will be available to the public.
Id.
Pursuant to Vaccine Rule l 8(b), this Decision was initially filed on February 28, 2023, and the parties were afforded
14 days to propose redactions. The parties did not propose any redactions. Accordingly, this Decision is reissued in
its original form for posting on the court's website.
2 The Vaccine Program comprises Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660,
100 Stat. 3755 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10-34 (2012)) (hereinafter "Vaccine Act" or "the Act").
All subsequent references to sections of the Vaccine Act shall be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa.

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