Legal Opinion
Fallon v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 14, 2017No. 16-3573PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Paul Fallon was terminated by his employer, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, because he refused to be inoculated against flu. 'He opposed the flu vaccine because he believed that this vaccine might do more harm than good. However, Mercy Catholic required its employees to receive the flu vaccine unless they qualified for a medical or religious exemption. In 2014, Fallon sought the exemption on religious grounds. Mercy Catholic ruled that he did not qualify and terminated him when he continued to refuse the vaccine. Fallon sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…
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