117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be 'guinea pigs'

[Mito]

“A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

The staffers join a growing list of employees challenging compulsory immunizations at businesses, colleges and other workplaces essential to the country's reopening. Vaccine mandates have faced mounting resistance from anti-vaccination groups and some Republican politicians, even as health officials promote the proven safety of the vaccines and millions of Americans line up to get the shots every week.

The lawsuit against Houston Methodist was filed by Jared Woodfill, a Houston-area attorney and conservative activist. It appears to mirror a legal strategy used by a New York-based law firm, Siri & Glimstad, that is closely aligned with one of the country's biggest anti-vaccination organizations but unaffiliated with the Houston litigation.

The lawsuit, and similar cases making their way through the court system, could test whether employers can require employee vaccinations as the country navigates out of a pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 Americans. There's little case law governing when compulsory vaccinations are permissible, but the magnitude of the public health crisis may leave judges inclined to give employers leeway to require the shots.”

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be 'guinea pigs'

A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

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[PxD]

“A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

The staffers join a growing list of employees challenging compulsory immunizations at businesses, colleges and other workplaces essential to the country's reopening. Vaccine mandates have faced mounting resistance from anti-vaccination groups and some Republican politicians, even as health officials promote the proven safety of the vaccines and millions of Americans line up to get the shots every week.

The lawsuit against Houston Methodist was filed by Jared Woodfill, a Houston-area attorney and conservative activist. It appears to mirror a legal strategy used by a New York-based law firm, Siri & Glimstad, that is closely aligned with one of the country's biggest anti-vaccination organizations but unaffiliated with the Houston litigation.

The lawsuit, and similar cases making their way through the court system, could test whether employers can require employee vaccinations as the country navigates out of a pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 Americans. There's little case law governing when compulsory vaccinations are permissible, but the magnitude of the public health crisis may leave judges inclined to give employers leeway to require the shots.”

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be 'guinea pigs'

A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

www.stripes.com

It’s about time.

Note the subtly slanted reporting. “Proven safety”, “judges might give leeway”, etc. without any discussion of the reasons why the group is suing.

 

[J.R.K]

“A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

The staffers join a growing list of employees challenging compulsory immunizations at businesses, colleges and other workplaces essential to the country's reopening. Vaccine mandates have faced mounting resistance from anti-vaccination groups and some Republican politicians, even as health officials promote the proven safety of the vaccines and millions of Americans line up to get the shots every week.

The lawsuit against Houston Methodist was filed by Jared Woodfill, a Houston-area attorney and conservative activist. It appears to mirror a legal strategy used by a New York-based law firm, Siri & Glimstad, that is closely aligned with one of the country's biggest anti-vaccination organizations but unaffiliated with the Houston litigation.

The lawsuit, and similar cases making their way through the court system, could test whether employers can require employee vaccinations as the country navigates out of a pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 Americans. There's little case law governing when compulsory vaccinations are permissible, but the magnitude of the public health crisis may leave judges inclined to give employers leeway to require the shots.”

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be 'guinea pigs'

A group of 117 unvaccinated staffers from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to avoid the hospital's coronavirus vaccine mandate, saying it's unlawful for bosses to require the shots.

www.stripes.com

This will prove interesting, as it will serve to create a precedent as to the legality of these Draconian prerequisites to earn a living, travel,or go to school. Let’s hope that humanity and common sense, will finally rule the day.

 

[Mito]

This will prove interesting, as it will serve to create a precedent as to the legality of these Draconian prerequisites to earn a living, travel,or go to school. Let’s hope that humanity and common sense, will finally rule the day.

Judge Dismisses Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit by Staff of Houston Hospital​

BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV AND ZACHARY STIEBER

June 13, 2021 Updated: June 13, 2021
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A federal judge in Texas on June 12 dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 Houston Methodist hospital employees who sought to block the hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
In a four-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes wrote that firing the employees as a result of their refusal to take the COVID-19 shots wouldn’t amount to wrongful termination. Under Texas law, an employee is considered to have been wrongfully terminated if fired solely for refusing to perform an illegal act.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/13/methodist-vaccine-lawsuit-dismissed/

 

[J.R.K]

Judge Dismisses Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit by Staff of Houston Hospital​

BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV AND ZACHARY STIEBER

June 13, 2021 Updated: June 13, 2021
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A federal judge in Texas on June 12 dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 Houston Methodist hospital employees who sought to block the hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
In a four-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes wrote that firing the employees as a result of their refusal to take the COVID-19 shots wouldn’t amount to wrongful termination. Under Texas law, an employee is considered to have been wrongfully terminated if fired solely for refusing to perform an illegal act.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/13/methodist-vaccine-lawsuit-dismissed/

The sun just dropped a little lower in the west on freedoms day.

 

[Missenger]

The sun just dropped a little lower in the west on freedoms day.

The judge also denounced the plaintiffs for equating the vaccine mandate to forced experimentation by the Nazis against Jewish people during the Holocaust. "Equating the injection requirement to medical experimentation in concentration camps is reprehensible," Hughes said. "Nazi doctors conducted medical experiments on victims that caused pain, mutilation, permanent disability, and in many cases, death."

Some people from the federal government sure do want to slaughter citizens for some reason. These same people also keep rejecting voter fraud cases. They must be gushing under the prospect of the USA turning into a bolshevist hellhole or balkanizing either way.

 

[S-VV]

One step closer to vaccinated serfdom. They are slowly seeding legal precedent. I imagine these “stealth” cases will be used by the supreme court to swiftly strip the population of their rights before any meaningful resistance emerges

 

[Nemo]

The high court of the Indian state of Meghalaya has ruled the vax cannot be mandated:

Vaccination is not mandatory as per the latest judgment of High Court - Indian Bar Association

Vaccines are not mandatory and use of force or through deception if an unwilling capable adult is made to have the vaccine, would be considered both a crime

indianbarassociation.in

They are suing like crazy in India to stop vax mandates and winning.

 

[J.R.K]

The high court of the Indian state of Meghalaya has ruled the vax cannot be mandated:

Vaccination is not mandatory as per the latest judgment of High Court - Indian Bar Association

Vaccines are not mandatory and use of force or through deception if an unwilling capable adult is made to have the vaccine, would be considered both a crime

indianbarassociation.in

They are suing like crazy in India to stop vax mandates and winning.

Let us hope that this will have some weight in western law practice.

 

[Nemo]

Let us hope that this will have some weight in western law practice.

Federal law is quite clear about EUAs. They cannot mandate an experimental drug.

 

[PxD]

Judge Dismisses Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit by Staff of Houston Hospital​

BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV AND ZACHARY STIEBER

June 13, 2021 Updated: June 13, 2021
biggersmaller
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A federal judge in Texas on June 12 dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 Houston Methodist hospital employees who sought to block the hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
In a four-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes wrote that firing the employees as a result of their refusal to take the COVID-19 shots wouldn’t amount to wrongful termination. Under Texas law, an employee is considered to have been wrongfully terminated if fired solely for refusing to perform an illegal act.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/13/methodist-vaccine-lawsuit-dismissed/

Why is a federal judge ruling on Texas state law? And, like someone else noted, Federal law is clear that EUA products cannot be mandated.

 

[Mito]

Why is a federal judge ruling on Texas state law? And, like someone else noted, Federal law is clear that EUA products cannot be mandated.

I don’t believe it’s ever been challenged in court until now. Hopefully it will be overturned by an appellate court.

 

[Missenger]

This is a state-federal conflict if there was going to be any.

 

[Mito]

Justice truly is blind.

“Even if Judge Hughes's decision stands, it applies only in the Southern District of Texas or (if the hospital wins on appeal) the Fifth Circuit states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. Federal courts in other parts of the country are free to take a different position.

So the Bridges decision is encouraging for employers who want to require vaccines, but it is not definitive. I'd take it with a grain of salt until we hear from other courts.”

A Few Grains Of Salt About That COVID Vaccine Decision From Texas | JD Supra

Don't rely on it too much -- yet. We recently got our first federal court decision addressing whether an employer had the right to require...

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[Rick K]

“Even if Judge Hughes's decision stands, it applies only in the Southern District of Texas or (if the hospital wins on appeal) the Fifth Circuit states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. Federal courts in other parts of the country are free to take a different position.

So the Bridges decision is encouraging for employers who want to require vaccines, but it is not definitive. I'd take it with a grain of salt until we hear from other courts.”

A Few Grains Of Salt About That COVID Vaccine Decision From Texas | JD Supra

Don't rely on it too much -- yet. We recently got our first federal court decision addressing whether an employer had the right to require...

www.jdsupra.com

Ok. It just shouldn't stand. He is in violation of federal law.