Case: Discrimination/Religious Accommodation (E.D. La.)

A Louisiana federal district court denied Honeywell International, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment on a punitive damages claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act brought by a Dock B Operator who was terminated after being denied a religious exemption to the company’s Covid-19 vaccination policy, finding that the employer’s subjective intent regarding potential reckless indifference to the employee’s federally protected religious rights presented factual issues that should be determined by a jury rather than resolved at the summary judgment stage.

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