First Responders Denied Preliminary Injunction In Vaccine Mandate Class Suit

Mealey's (January 6, 2022, 7:31 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Illinois first responders who filed a putative class complaint challenging COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates issued by the state’s governor and the city in which they work failed to show that under a rational basis review they are likely to succeed in proving that the mandate is arbitrary or irrational, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Dec. 19, denying the workers’ motion for a preliminary injunction....