February 22, 2024
A news videographer's concerns about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine fell short of qualifying as a sincerely held religious belief, according to a Boston federal judge whose ruling Thursday dismissed the fired employee's worries as mere personal judgments "rigged out with religious verbiage."
January 02, 2024
Hearst is asking a court to toss a videographer's lawsuit that alleged retaliation and discrimination over his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, arguing that his own deposition testimony undercuts his claim that it is based on a sincerely held religious belief.
August 03, 2023
A Massachusetts federal judge agreed Thursday to reinstate part of a former television videographer's lawsuit over his 2021 firing for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine, finding that Hearst Communications had not specifically addressed the plaintiff's discrimination claims in its motion to dismiss.
July 12, 2023
A Boston news videographer has pushed to revive part of a suit alleging he was wrongly disciplined for Twitter posts calling COVID-19 the "Wuhan virus" and later fired for refusing to get vaccinated, pointing to last week's decision by a Louisiana federal judge barring the Biden administration from trying to correct misinformation on social media.
June 12, 2023
Hearst Communications was granted a partial win Monday in a lawsuit brought by a former videographer for its Boston television station who says his 2021 termination for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine violated his rights.
May 19, 2023
Hearst Communications and its television subsidiary asked a judge to dismiss discrimination and civil rights claims by a former videographer for its Boston television station who was fired after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.