by Amy Furr:
The first settlement in the nation has been reached in a lawsuit filed by medical staff regarding an Illinois university system’s coronavirus vaccine mandate.
The Center Square reported Friday:
Chicago-based NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay more than 500 current and former health-care workers a total of $10,337,500 as part of the terms of the settlement. It’s also changing its policy to accommodate religious exemption requests and rehiring former employees who were fired or forced to resign whose exemption requests were denied.
Represented by the nonprofit religious freedom organization Liberty Counsel, NorthShore employees sued, alleging they were discriminated against because they were denied religious exemptions from the company’s vaccine mandate. The settlement was filed Friday in the federal Northern District Court of Illinois.
In a press release, Liberty Counsel said the settlement must receive approval from the federal District Court.
The group added that employees who were denied religious exemptions would be notified about the settlement and given the chance to comment, object, ask to opt-out, or submit a claim form for payment from its fund. Read the rest at breitbart.com.
It looks like $20,675 each. I wonder if that’s before the lawyers’ take. It doesn’t sound like much considering the fake vaccine could possibly kill or injure the recipient of the shot for the rest of the person’s life.