4th Circuit Will Not Revisit Md. Hospital Worker’s COVID Shot Termination Ruling

( November 21, 2025, 2:14 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will not revisit a panel’s decision to affirm the firing of a Maryland hospital employee over a refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine after she was denied a religious exemption in denying the employee’s request to apply Title VII standards mapped out in Groff v. DeJoy that arguably require proof that allowing her to work unvaccinated would have created a health risk....