Hospital Prevails in Bias Suit Over Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate

MetroHealth System defeated allegations Friday that it discriminated against a former employee when it rejected his request for a religious exemption from its Covid-19 vaccine requirement, according to a Friday federal court opinion.

MetroHealth, which operates as a Cuyahoga County-owned hospital, initially beat the proposed class action in 2023 when the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted its request for dismissal. But the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in March that the hospital must face claims from two of the original 46 plaintiffs—Frank Savel and another plaintiff who later voluntarily withdrew from ...