Shriners Employees Fired Over Vaccine Ask 5th Circuit To Rehear Claims Dismissal

( April 24, 2025, 9:26 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Several Shriners Hospital for Children employees who were fired for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine are asking the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider an earlier ruling dismissing federal and state claims against their former employer, arguing that the panel’s decision misapplied the law, violated the separation of powers doctrine and denied constitutional due process rights....