Michael v. Sentara Health System

OPINION

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.

These two cases involve employment disputes brought by nurses formerly employed by Defendant Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (“Sentara”) and under the supervision of Sentara’s employee Defendant Maty Schwarga. They are before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, which was converted by the Court into a Motion for Summary Judgment.

I. Factual and Procedural History

Plaintiffs Deborah Michael and Nancy Benson were both nurses working for Sentara in the Labor and Delivery unit. They each claim they were discharged by Sentara after their religious,…