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The 11 plaintiffs challenging the Steamship Authority’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement have won a small legal victory in the courts. A panel of three Circuit Judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, on Oct. 6, ruled that a lower court partially erred when rejecting the Steamship Authority [SSA] workers’ claims that their rights were […]
Several Steamship Authority employees have been terminated after not following the ferry service’s requirement to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Patrick Daubert, an attorney for the employees, confirmed. The employees are part of a federal lawsuit against the Steamship Authority. In March, a federal judge rejected the request for an injunction against the SSA. “I can […]
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearns has denied an injunction that would halt the Steamship Authority vaccination mandate for employees who claim they sought and were denied religious exemptions. Citing another judge’s conclusion, Stearn wrote “the Commonwealth (and, by extension the Authority) ‘is under no constitutional obligation to offer a religious exemption to its vaccine […]
The lawsuit brought against the Steamship Authority’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is headed to federal court. The group of employees filed the 129-page lawsuit last week in Barnstable County Superior Court, alleging the SSA was infringing on their First Amendment rights, as they relate to religious freedom. The lawsuit outlines the group of 11 employees opposing […]