Showing posts with label Vaccination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vaccination. 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...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

2nd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments from Amish Seeking Vaccination Exemptions

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The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Miller v. McDonald.  In the case, a...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Connecticut Supreme Court: Constitutional (But Not Statutory) Challenges to Removal of School Vaccination Religious Exemptions Barred by Sovereign Immunity

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In Spillane v. Lamont ,  (CT Sup. Ct., July 30, 2024), the Connecticut Supreme Court in a complicated opinion held that the doctrine of sove...
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...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Connecticut Repeal of Religious Exemptions from Vaccination Requirements

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development,  (Docket N...
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...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Court Upholds Firing of Nurse with Religious Objections to Flu Vaccine

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In French v. Albany Medical Center ,  (ND NY, June 12, 2024), a New York federal district court upheld a hospital's firing of a nurse wh...
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...
Friday, May 10, 2024

10th Circuit: Vaccine Exemption for Only Some Religions Violates 1st Amendment

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In Jane Does 1-11 v. Board of Regents of the University of Colorado ,  (10th Cir., May 7, 2024), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held...