January 16, 2025
A California county can't escape a lawsuit claiming it treated employees' religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine differently from other employees' health exemptions, a federal judge ruled, though the court suggested the county's bid to decertify the class action may have legs.
January 30, 2024
A California federal judge partly granted class certification to county workers who claim their religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine were handled differently from other employees' health exemptions, saying that allegations of a common bias could help determine liability but that any damages calculations must be handled individually.
December 20, 2023
A California federal judge said Wednesday she's inclined to certify a class of 464 Santa Clara County employees who received religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine and claim they were treated differently from those who obtained health exemptions, but said she's struggling to understand what damages they allegedly suffered.