Tennessee Employee Awarded Punitive Damages After Being Fired for COVID Shot Refusal
A jury awarded a settlement of $687,240 to a woman in Tennessee who was fired from her job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Of the total amount, $500,000 was for punitive damages levied against BCBST.1 Tanja Benton, who worked as a biostatistical research […]
