Judge tosses lawsuit against Houston hospital over staff vaccine mandate
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A Texas judge tossed a suit filed by a nurse against a Houston hospital over its mandate that staff get vaccinated.
A Texas judge dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital over its policy that mandated all staff needed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face suspension. The hospital set a deadline for June 7 for its 26,000 employees to get a coronavirus vaccine so that its facilities can be safe from the virus and provide patients with the best protection, according to Houston Methodist. However, 117 employees, including nurse Jennifer Bridges, contended that the hospital was "illegally requiring its employees to be injected with an experimental vaccine as a condition of employment," in the suit filed at the end of May. In her five-page decision issued Saturday night, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes rejected the plaintiffs' complaint that the COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe.More Related News