Employer’s Summary Judgment Motion In COVID-19 Testing Class Suit Deemed Premature

Mealey's (May 13, 2022, 12:37 PM EDT) -- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A health care provider’s summary judgment motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 in a putative class complaint by employees challenging COVID-19 testing requirements for those who were granted religious exemptions to mandated vaccines is premature as the identified shortcomings in the complaint would be “best addressed” in a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motion, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled May 10....