Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Court Examines Sincerity and Religiosity of Vaccine Objections

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Stynchula v. Inova Health Care Services ,  (ED VA, Nov. 19, 2024), is another of the dozens of cases working their way through the courts in...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Jury Questions Remain in Suit by Casino Worker Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine

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In   Brown v. MGM Grand Casino ,  ( ED MI, Nov. 18, 2024), a Michigan federal district court refused to grant summary judgment for either pa...
Monday, November 18, 2024

2nd Circuit Remands Two Plaintiffs' Claims for Improper Denial of Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate

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New Yorkers for Religious Liberty v. City of New York , (2d Cir., Nov. 13, 2024), is a decision on appeals of two cases challenging denials ...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Court Asks Parties for More Information on Whether Vaccine Mandate Was Generally Applicable

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In  Rodriguez v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ,  (ND CA, Nov. 12, 2024), a California federal district court refused to dismi...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

IT Specialist Awarded $12.69M For Denied Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandate

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 A Michigan federal district court jury last week awarded damages of $12,690,000 to an IT specialist who was fired from her position after s...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Firefighters Can Move Ahead With Title VII Claims Over Forced Leave to Accommodate Religious Objections to Covid Vaccine

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In Bingham   v. City of San Jose , (CA App., Oct. 30, 2024), a California state appeals court held that five San Jose firefighters who were ...
Saturday, November 02, 2024

Hospital Employee Who Refused Covid Nasal Swab Testing Is Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

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 In St. Luke's University Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review ,  (PA Commonw. Court, Nov. 1, 2024), a Pennsylvania sta...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Lufthansa Fined $4M For Discrimination Against Jewish Passengers Flying On Pilgrimage To Hungary

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On Oct. 7, a Consent Cease-and-Desist Order ( full text ) was issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation imposing civil penalties of $4...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

6th Circuit Finds That Employee's Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious

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 In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees , (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismi...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Dispute Over Standing to Challenge Covid Restrictions on Churches

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Grace Bible Fellowship v. Polis,  (Docket No. 24-226, certiorari denied 10/15/2024). ( Order L...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Air Force Officers' Suit Over Vaccine Mandate Is Now Moot

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Still working their way through the courts are dozens of cases brought by employees or former employees who were denied religious exemptions...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Disclosure of Covid Status to Plaintiff's Pastor Did Not Infringe Privacy or Free Exercise Rights

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In Fulmore v. City of Englewood ,  (NJ App., Aug. 30, 2024), a New Jersey appellate court dismissed a suit brought by an employee of the cit...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Claim That Deprioritizing Religious Vaccine Exemption Requests Violates Title VII Moves Ahead

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 In  Desmarais v. Granholm , (D DC, Aug. 16, 2024), a D.C. federal district court refused to dismiss a Title VII complaint by a Department o...
Friday, August 02, 2024

Delaware Supreme Court Dismisses Suits Challenging Prior Covid Restrictions on Houses of Worship

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 In In re Covid-Related Restrictions on Religious Services ,  (DE Sup. Ct., Aug. 1, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the dismissal b...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

7th Circuit Gives Broad Interpretation of "Religious" Claims Under Title VII

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In Passarella v. Aspirus, Inc. ,  (7th Cir., July 29, 2024), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Scudder held that ...

3rd Circuit: Jury Issues Remain in Suit Over Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia , (3d Cir.,   July 29, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a suit broug...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Company Settles EEOC Suit for $110,000, Compensating Employee Whose Religious Objections to Vaccine Were Ignored

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 A national furniture retailer, Hank's Furniture, has settled a Title VII religious discrimination lawsuit brought against it by the EEO...
Thursday, July 04, 2024

NY Sanitation Worker Can Move Ahead on Failure To Accommodate Anti-Vax Beliefs

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Decisions on suits by individuals who were denied religious exemptions from now-rescinded Covid vaccine mandates are still being issued by t...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Challenging Refusal to Grant Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate

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 In Bacon v. Woodward ,  (9th Cir., June 18, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision reversed a Washington federal di...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

8th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit for Failure to Accommodate Religious Objections to Vaccine Mandate

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In Ringhofer v. Mayo Clinic, Ambulance ,  (8th Cir., May 24, 2024), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Minnesota federal distr...