Fifth Circuit Court Reinstates COVID Shot Mandate Religious Discrimination Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a religious discrimination case against the military’s COVID-19 shot mandate policy reversing and remanding the case back to the district court.1 Biden’s Executive Order Requiring Federal Workers to Get COVID-19 Shot In September 2021, then President Biden issued Executive Order 14043 requiring all federal […]
COVID Shot Mandate Lawsuit Cost Seattle $875K
The City of Seattle has quietly paid $875,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Marina Shinderuk, a former 911 police communications supervisor. Shinderuk was terminated in 2021 after declining the COVID-19 shot despite having received a religious exemption from the city.1 Shinderuk had worked for the 911 center for more than 14 years as a telecommunicator. When the […]
COVID Shot Religious Objection Lawsuit Revived for Employee Fired by Federal Reserve
A New York Federal Court of Appeals has revived a portion of a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Two Federal Reserve Bank employees, Jennifer Diaz and Lori Gardner-Alfred, had sued the bank, alleging that they were illegally fired for claiming they had religious objections to the COVID-19 shots. The 2nd U.S. […]
U.S. Army Soldiers Reinstated After Being Discharged for Refusing COVID Shots
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has begun reinstating U.S. Army personnel involuntarily discharged in 2021 for refusing to comply with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 shot mandate for Americans serving in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and other branches of the military. The COVID shot mandate, which was rescinded in 2023 under the National […]
Michigan Woman Awarded $12 Million After Being Fired for Refusing COVID Shot
A former Blue Cross Blue Shield employee was recently awarded $12 million by a federal jury in Detroit when she sued the insurance company for religious discrimination. Lisa Domski had worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield for almost 40 years when she was denied a religious exemption to the employee COVID-19 shot mandate.1 2 Although […]
Canadian Detective Suspended After Investigating Possible COVID Shot Link to SIDS
A police detective in Ottawa, Canada is facing a disciplinary hearing for allegedly investigating a potential link between mothers who had received COVID-19 shots and their babies dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the Ottawa area.1 Detective Helen Grus was part of Ottawa Police Service’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse (SACA) unit but […]