August 09, 2023
A former Newton County Board of Health employee said a Georgia federal magistrate judge is improperly framing her refusal to report to a COVID testing site early in the pandemic as insubordination, instead of an attempt to take leave to protect her compromised immune system.
July 27, 2023
A Georgia federal magistrate judge recommended the dismissal of a former health clinic employee's suit claiming she was fired in retaliation for taking time off at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect her suppressed immune system, stating there's no proof to support her claim.