Covid-19 vaccine mandates for students have triggered a growing body of lawsuits against higher education institutions, testing the bounds of employer responsibility and health law amid the worsening pandemic landscape.
More than 730 college campus locations are requiring vaccines for students or employees returning for the fall semester, according to a database maintained by the Chronicle of Higher Education. At least six challenges to these mandates have been filed in the U.S. this summer, and health policy experts say more are likely to flow in.
“There’s going to be a lot of litigation over this,” said Nicholas M. Pace, a ...