Bridges v. Methodist Hospital

  1. June 14, 2022

    5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Hospital Workers' Vax Mandate Suit

    A Texas federal judge correctly dismissed a lawsuit alleging health care workers were wrongly fired from a Houston hospital for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, a Fifth Circuit panel has ruled, noting the workers described the dispute as a state law issue at oral arguments earlier this month.

  2. June 06, 2022

    5th Circ. Mulls Sending Hospital Vax Suit To Texas Justices

    A group of Texas health care workers urged a Fifth Circuit panel on Monday to send to the Texas Supreme Court a lawsuit alleging they were wrongly fired from a Houston hospital for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, claiming the case could establish a new exemption to the state's at-will employment policy.

  3. March 04, 2022

    Health Workers Urge 5th Circ. To Back Vax Mandate Challenge

    Texas health care workers told the Fifth Circuit on Friday that an order from the state's governor trumps a hospital's authority to make them get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the hospital was wrong to argue the order didn't apply to their case.

  4. November 17, 2021

    Texas Hospital Workers Fight Vaccine Mandate At 5th Circ.

    A group of Texas health care workers has asked the Fifth Circuit to resurrect its lawsuit challenging a Houston hospital's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing a district court's dismissal of its claims goes against the Lone Star State's strong public policy against firing employees for refusing vaccines.

  5. June 14, 2021

    5 Takeaways After Hospital's Worker Vaccine Mandate Upheld

    By confirming the legality of a Houston hospital's requirement that workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, a federal judge may have given reluctant employers the nudge they need to put vaccination mandates of their own in place. Here are five takeaways from Saturday's decision.