Freight Rail Company Beats Montana Covid-19 Vaccine Complaints

December 31, 2024, 5:07 PM UTC

A federal Covid-19 vaccine mandate preempted a Montana state law prohibiting employers from discriminating against unvaccinated workers, a federal judge ruled.

The state law has been the subject of a number of lawsuits, including a challenge from doctors and immunocompromised individuals that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected in October. Montana was one of roughly a dozen states that implemented vaccine status-related anti-discrimination laws during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Judge Brian Morris of the US District Court for the District of Montana stopped short of issuing a blanket injunction for future vaccine claims against BNSF Railway Company ...

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