US EditionTennessee woman awarded nearly $700K after being fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine requirement
- BlueCross was found guilty by a federal jury in Chattanooga of failing to accommodate Tanja Benton's religious exemption request from their vaccine mandate.
- Tanja Benton, a former employee of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, was awarded compensation by the jury for her sincerely held religious belief against taking the vaccine.
- Despite Benton's request for a religious exemption, BlueCross denied it, resulting in her termination and subsequent lawsuit.
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Tennessee Star
Tennessee Woman Awarded Settlement from Blue Cross Blue Shield After Refusal to Take COVID-19 Vaccine - Tennessee Star
A Tennessee woman who was fired from her job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine was awarded nearly $700,000 by a jury.
Woman Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine Gets Lucrative Last Laugh
A Tennessee woman who was fired from her job for refusing her company’s un-American COVID-19 vaccine mandate two years ago is getting the last laugh after a federal court awarded […] The post Woman Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine Gets Lucrative Last Laugh appeared first on The Western Journal.
Tennessee Woman, Fired for Refusing BlueCross BlueShield's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Wins $687K
A Tennessee woman has won a nearly $700,000 settlement after she was fired for refusing the coronavirus vaccine, which her employer mandated. The post Tennessee Woman, Fired for Refusing BlueCross BlueShield’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Wins $687K appeared first on Breitbart.
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Zero HedgeJury Awards $687,000 to BlueCross BlueShield Scientist Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
A federal jury awarded $687,000 to a biostatistical research scientist who was fired from BlueCross BlueShield in Tennessee in 2021 for refusing to comply with her employer’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Tanja Benton, who had worked 16 years at the firm when she was fired, was awarded $177,240 in back pay, $10,000 in compensation, and $500,ooo in punitive damages, according to a document made public by the federal court in eastern Tennessee on June…
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