Employee Objection To COVID-19 Vaccine Was Medical, Not Religious, Judge Concludes

( March 5, 2025, 1:23 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Deeming an employee’s objections to the COVID-19 vaccine medical rather than religious, an Illinois federal judge granted her employer’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the employee’s lawsuit alleging that she was denied a religious accommodation for the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act....