Appeal Dropped By Agreement In Religious-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Case

( November 17, 2025, 1:53 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Pursuant to a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed a former employee’s appeal of an Illinois federal court ruling dismissing the employee’s lawsuit alleging that she was denied a religious accommodation for the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, having deemed the employee’s objections to the COVID-19 vaccine medical rather than religious....