PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has severed the civil rights violation claims of 14 former employee plaintiffs against Allegheny County and various County executives, over the County’s institution of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that resulted in the plaintiffs losing their jobs.
PITTSBURGH – A legal news organization which monitors court case filings claims that the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas’ “no-access-before-process” policy restricts the rights of both it and the public under the U.S. Constitution.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County and its Sheriff’s Office are seeking to dismiss litigation which alleged that they failed to reasonably accommodate the religious beliefs of one of its employees, when it mandated obtaining vaccination against COVID-19.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County is seeking to dismiss litigation from a veteran corrections officer who alleged she was fired for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a treatment she wouldn’t consent to because she believes it violates her sincerely-held religious beliefs.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County insists that it did not violate its own Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code and that it is immune from a count of negligent infliction of emotional distress, in a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate allegedly violating a plaintiff’s religious objections.