{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009-cl6662160","petitioner_identifier":"Michael Dan Kennedy","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":null,"vaccination_date":null,"condition_raw":null,"condition_category":"other","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"unclear","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2011-03-10","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T14:31:12.180585+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":null,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Vaccine/injury/outcome unknown. Case ~1990 (case number 90-vv-01009). Only staging text: CFC Judge Allegra guardianship procedural order March 10, 2011. Petitioner: Michael Dan Kennedy (developmentally disabled). petition_filed='2011-03-10' is wrong — reflects guardianship order date; actual filing ~1990.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2011-03-10","case_summary":"Michael Dan Kennedy filed a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, with the case number indicating it was filed approximately in 1990. Petitioner is developmentally disabled and incompetent to represent himself. His mother, Martha Kennedy, and sister, Melissa Kennedy, have been acting on his behalf; however, neither is his formally appointed legal guardian under Oklahoma law.\n\nThe only document available in the pipeline data is a March 10, 2011 procedural order from Judge Allegra of the Court of Federal Claims, addressing the question of representation. The order directed Martha Kennedy to file an affidavit addressing the requirements for her appointment as petitioner's \"next friend\" under RCFC 17(c)(2), including petitioner's incompetency, whether he has a formally appointed representative, and whether the appointment would serve his best interests. The vaccine administered, injury alleged, outcome of the proceedings, and any compensation awarded are unknown from available sources. The petition filing date recorded in the database reflects the date of this procedural order rather than the actual petition filing date.","is_minor_inferred":null,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":null,"petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_firm":null,"petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":null,"firm_canonical_key":null,"package_title":"Kennedy v. Secretary of Health & Human Services","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009-cl6662160","title":"Kennedy v. Secretary of Health & Human Services","docket_text":"lead-opinion","date_issued":"2011-03-10","pdf_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6778600/kennedy-v-secretary-of-health-human-services/","pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"recovered via CL opinion 6662160 (html_with_citations)","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009/USCOURTS-cofc-1_90-vv-01009-cl6662160"}]}