Walmart Beats Suit for Vaccinating Teen Without Parental Consent

The federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act gives Walmart Stores Inc. immunity for administering a Covid-19 vaccination to a teenager without her mother’s consent, a state court in Kansas said.

The law unambiguously and broadly grants covered entities immunity from suit and liability for all claims related to or arising out of the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, including vaccines, the Kansas Court of Appeals said. That includes immunity for a claim related to a lack of parental consent, it said.

The court didn’t decide whether the retail giant violated the mother’s fundamental constitutional parental rights, saying ...