Sturgill v. The American Red Cross
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2:22-cv-11837
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July 14, 2025
Mich. Jury Sides With Red Cross In COVID Vax Refusal Suit
A Michigan federal jury on Monday found that a former American Red Cross nurse's request for an exemption from the organization's COVID-19 vaccine mandate wasn't based on a sincere religious belief that barred her from getting the injection, rejecting the worker's request for more than $6 million in damages for her firing.
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July 11, 2025
Fired Red Cross Vax Refuser Seeks $6M As Jury Trial Wraps
An attorney for a nurse fired from the American Red Cross after being denied religious accommodation from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate asked a Detroit federal jury Friday for more than $6 million in damages for what he said was the organization's disregard of the woman's beliefs.
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July 10, 2025
Vax Refuser Tells Jury Red Cross Mandate Was 'Unsettling'
A former nurse for the American Red Cross said the organization's requirement that employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine was "unsettling" to her and led to physical manifestations of stress, as she testified before a federal jury on Thursday that she believed receiving the injection went against her religious beliefs.
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July 09, 2025
Red Cross Vax Refuser Decries Firing Over Religious Beliefs
A former nurse for the American Red Cross suffered physically and economically after she was fired from the organization for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, counsel for the nurse told a Detroit federal jury Wednesday, arguing that, in the United States, the Red Cross should not be the arbiter of sincerely held religious beliefs.
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July 07, 2025
Jury To Weigh Ex-Red Cross Vax Refuser's Religious Beliefs
A Michigan federal jury is set to decide this week whether a nurse fired from the American Red Cross for not receiving a mandated COVID-19 vaccine held a sincere religious belief that conflicts with the injection, with the nurse arguing the organization was "on the lookout" for reasons to deny her request.
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May 22, 2025
Mich. Judge Says Red Cross Can Depose Ex-Nurse's Husband
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday clarified that he intended to allow the American Red Cross to depose the husband of a nurse who alleges she was wrongfully denied a religious exemption from the organization's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, putting to rest a bout between the parties about the order's interpretation.
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May 20, 2025
Red Cross Seeks Clarity On Deposition Order In Vax Bias Case
The American Red Cross asked a Michigan federal judge on Monday to clarify that an April ruling allows the organization to depose the husband of a Christian nurse alleging she was fired for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine, saying the worker's attorneys refused to make him available.
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February 12, 2025
Red Cross Can't Knock Out Vax Refuser's Religious Bias Suit
A Michigan federal judge declined Wednesday to declare a victor in a suit from a Christian nurse who claimed the American Red Cross unlawfully fired her for rejecting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying the case — which was recently revived by the Sixth Circuit — should go to a jury.
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August 22, 2024
6th Circ. Reopens Red Cross Nurse's COVID-19 Vax Suit
The Sixth Circuit revived a former Red Cross nurse's claim that the nonprofit organization failed to accommodate her religious beliefs when it refused to exempt her from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the lower court held the plaintiff to an overly strict standard when it tossed her suit.