Sunday, June 13, 2021

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Houston hospital employees over Covid-19 vaccinations

A nurse wheels away a man brought to Houston Methodist Hospital on June 28, 2020.Callaghan O'Hare / Reuters

 

A federal court in Texas on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by 117 hospital employees who challenged their employer's vaccination requirement.

In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas' written decision, Judge Lynn N. Hughes said lead plaintiff Jennifer Bridges, a nurse, and 116 other Houston Methodist Hospital employees who challenged the requirement, had no case.

The employees' lawyer, Jared Woodfill responded in a statement Saturday, "This is just one battle in a larger war to protect the rights of employees to be free from being forced to participate in a vaccine trial as a condition for employment."

He said they would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court "if necessary."

On Tuesday, hospital officials said they had suspended 178 employees who refused to be inoculated.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-houston-hospital-employees-over-covid-19-vaccinations-n1270597

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