3rd Circuit Upholds Religious Bias Ruling For Employer In Vaccine Row

Mealey's (February 19, 2020, 9:25 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A hospital employee who was fired after refusing to get a flu shot failed to show that she was the victim of religious discrimination as her allegations did not show that her beliefs related to the vaccination were religious, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 14 in a per curiam opinion (Niaja Brown v. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, No. 18-3685, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4831)....