Federal Court Reignites Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine Lawsuit Against Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic faces renewed legal scrutiny as a federal court revives a lawsuit, dismissed in 2023, over COVID-19 vaccine mandates conflicting with employees' religious beliefs. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned the dismissal on May 24.

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A federal court has concluded that the lawsuit against the Mayo Clinic, which was dismissed in 2023, must proceed.

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decided on May 24 that the five sacked employees who sued the Minnesota-based health nonprofit had all credibly argued that their religious convictions conflicted with the clinic's need for the COVID-19 vaccination.

Employees claimed that the Mayo Clinic had illegally violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by refusing to accommodate their religious views in several lawsuits that have now been combined. Three employees requested religious exemptions from the nonprofit's rule, but their requests ...

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