Military Veteran Denied Organ Transplant in Ohio Over COVID Shot Status
An Ohio veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces battling congestive heart failure is fighting for his life and for change in heart transplant policies after being denied a heart transplant because he refused to get a COVID-19 shot. Fifty-four-year-old Ken Long was diagnosed with heart failure a year ago after falling ill during a family […]
Young Girl Denied Heart Transplant Over Refusal to Get COVID and Flu Shots
The mother of a 12-year-old girl said an Ohio children’s hospital denied her daughter a spot on an organ transplant list due to her vaccination status, specifically the COVID-19 and flu shots. The mother, Jeneen Deal, who is related to Vice President J.D. Vance’s half-siblings through marriage, adopted Adeline from China when she was just […]
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 […]
Transit Workers Denied Religious Exemptions for COVID-19 Shots Each Awarded $1.3 Million
Half a dozen transit workers in the California Bay area who were fired for refusing to take COVID-19 shots were awarded approximately $1.3 million dollars each by a federal jury.1 The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) employees filed a class action suit in October 2022 after they were denied religious exemptions and or accommodations when […]
Court Orders Store to Pay $110,000 to Employee Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
In 2021, an Arkansas-based furniture retailer Hank’s Fine Furniture, Inc. with 18 branch stores in four states, violated U.S. federal law by denying a religious exemption to Florida assistant store manager Kaitlyn M. O’Neal for her religious beliefs opposed to getting COVID-19 shots. O’Neal was terminated from her position because she refused to comply with the company’s COVID […]
Health Care Workers Denied COVID Vaccine Religious Exemptions Will Be Paid $10.3 Million
NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore), which operates six hospitals in the Chicago area, agreed to pay approximately $10.3 million to employees who were discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in an historic class action settlement against a private employer.1 2 3 Liberty Counsel filed a class action lawsuit against […]