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PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has severed the civil rights violation claims of 14 former employee plaintiffs against Allegheny County and various County executives, over the County’s institution of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that resulted in the plaintiffs losing their jobs.

Thirteen former Allegheny County employees are suing the county after it denied their requests for religious and medical exemptions to receive the coronavirus vaccine. In a federal lawsuit, the employees allege the county breached an employment contract and violated the First and Fourteenth amendments when it terminated unvaccinated employees after