( November 5, 2026, 8:51 AM EST) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling upholding a decision by the Board of Appeals for the Maryland Department of Labor denying a former employee’s claim for unemployment benefits for 12 weeks after her employer terminated her because of misconduct, finding that “substantial evidence” supported an unemployment hearing examiner’s finding that the woman “committed misconduct” by refusing to comply with her former employer’s policy to be vaccinated against COVID-19....