Religious Discrimination Suit Over Vaccine Mandate Can Advance

A Missouri woman’s religious discrimination lawsuit claiming she was illegally fired for refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine can move forward, a district court ruled Thursday.

Judge Henry Edward Autrey denied Centene Management Co. LLC’s motion to dismiss Andrea Carlson’s lawsuit, ruling she sufficiently stated a claim of discrimination against the company. Carlson’s amended complaint satisfied the requirements to survive the initial dismissal stage, Autrey ruled.

Carlson alleges Centene violated both the Civil Rights Act and the Missouri Human Rights Act when it fired her in 2021 for failing to fulfill the company’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement. She denied the vaccine ...