A federal court in Texas on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by 117 hospital employees who challenged their employer's vaccination requirement.
Hughes addressed the plaintiffs' arguments one-by-one. On the vaccination requirement violating due process, she wrote,"Texas does not recognize this exception to at-will employment."
"She [Bridges] is refusing to accept inoculation that, in the hospital's judgement, will make it safer for their workers and patients in Methodist's care," Hughes wrote. On their claim that they are being required to take an"unapproved" medicine:"Federal law authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to introduce into interstate commerce medical products intended for use in an emergency."
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