Employee Adds Punitive Damages Claim In COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Case

( July 9, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT) -- DENVER — After a panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of a Colorado federal court dismissing an employee’s claim of religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act stemming from the employee’s refusal to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as mandated by a state health board emergency rule, the employee filed a third amended complaint, adding a claim for punitive damages....